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Secretary of State Blinken met with Panamanian Foreign Minister Janaina Tewaney at the State Department.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a joint news conference with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Panamanian Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes, and Panamanian Public Security …

This 1993 Academy Award-winning documentary takes a critical look at Operation Just Cause, the December 20, 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama. The film details the consequences for civilians of u…

This was a short compilation of programming from the C-SPAN Video Library from December 1989 that included White House spokesperson Marlin Fitzwater announcing Operation Just Cause, Presiden…

Adam Clymer talked about and read from his book Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch, The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right. Mr. Clymer argues that the U.S.' decision to cede cont…

Vice President Mike Pence delivered remarks while visiting the Panama Canal.

President Trump and his Panamanian counterpart delivered brief remarks in their first Oval Office meeting.

President Trump welcomed his counterpart from Panama, President Juan Carlos Varela.

Frederick Kempe, author of “Divorcing the Dictator: America’s Bungled Affair with Noriega” discussed his book. Kempe’s theme is that the U.S. started the relationship in 1960 without thinkin…

In honor of the one hundredth anniversary of the Panama Canal opening, Library of Congress curators presented items from their collections for a special exhibit. Work on the canal began in 1…

This was a 1912 film on the construction of the Panama Canal.

Before the official transfer of control of the Panama Canal to Panamanian authorities, the history and operations of the canal were discussed. Mr. McCullough talked about the importance of t…

Professor Julie Greene talked about her book, The Canal Builders: Making America’s Empire at the Panama Canal. The interview, part of Book TV’s college series, was recorded in the Katheri…

Erik Wasson talked about the status of the U.S.-Panama trade agreement that was signed on June 28, 2007, yet has still not been approved by the U.S. Topics included the details of the pendin…

The Panama Canal officially came under Panamanian control as a result of the treaty signed during the Carter administration. With the canal custodial transfer also came the need to appraise,…

Adam Clymer talked about his book Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right (University Press of Kansas; March 18, 2008). He was interviewed at t…

Kurt Muse talked about his book, Six Minutes to Freedom, published by Citadel. The book recounts Mr. Muse’s imprisonment in Panama for agitating against Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega an…

President Bush talked about the effects of free trade on American producers and consumers. He said that free trade had positive effects for Americans and encouraged Congress to pass free tra…

President George Bush and Panamanian President Martin Torrijos spoke to the press after meeing about a free trade agreement.

Kurt Muse talked about the book he co-wrote with John Gilstrap, Six Minutes to Freedom, published by Citadel. Muse talked about his rescue by the U.S. Army’s Delta Force. He said he had defi…