The Panama Canal’s initial construction project began in 1880, led by celebrated French diplomat and developer Ferdinand de Lesseps, flush from his triumph building ... in the deaths of about ...

he made several false claims about the canal, including that 38,000 Americans died building it. Previous fact checks have found the number is closer to 300. China has invested heavily in Panama ...

Forty five years after the U.S. first considered building a canal through ... Gorgas arrives in Panama with a team of seven men. He immediately focuses on the staggering death rate the French ...

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump reiterated threats he has made about the Panama ... made in building and transferring the canal. He repeated that 38,000 Americans had died ...

In 2024, the canal earned nearly $5 billion in total ... Marines died in the fighting that ensued. For 13 years, US and Panamanian officials discussed a plan to return the canal to Panama during ...