Handing control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. over to the Central American country was one of President Jimmy Carter's most controversial, and most overshadowed, foreign policy achievements.

The Canal Zone in Panama had been under U.S. control for nearly 75 years. But in 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed treaties with Panama's leader, Gen. Omar Torrijos.

Former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away on Sunday, often regarded the U.S. transfer of control of the Panama Canal to ...

When President Jimmy Carter traveled to Panama in June 1978 to finalize hotly disputed treaties turning over the Panama Canal, he declared that “we stand on the threshold of a new era.”. More ...

There were many reasons that Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in 1980. The Panama Canal Treaty wasn’t among them. advertisement. Trump Is Wrong: Jimmy Carter Didn’t Lose Due to Panama Canal.

President-elect Trump criticized Jimmy Carter's diplomacy that led to the Panamanians regaining control of the PCZ nearly 100 years after Teddy Roosevelt helped the U.S. take it over.

Former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away on Sunday, often regarded the U.S. transfer of control of the Panama Canal to Panama as one of the defining moments of his presidency.. The signing ...

Handing control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. over to the Central American country was one of President Jimmy Carter's most controversial, and most overshadowed, foreign policy achievements.

Trump is wrong: Jimmy Carter didn’t lose due to the Panama Canal. In a Mar-a-Lago press conference, Trump criticized Carter’s ‘mistake’ twice. But the Panama Canal Treaty isn’t the ...

Officials sign the Panama Canal treaties Sept. 7, 1977, at the Pan American Union in Washington, D.C. From left: President Jimmy Carter; Organization of American States Secretary-General Alejandro ...