U.S. Navy and the Panama Canal
Oct 26th, 2007 by animals
U.S. Navy navigating through the locks of the Panama Canal in the early 1900s. The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, established November 18, 1903 between the United States and Panama, relinquished dominant control of the Canal Zone to the United States. In recent years, a new Panama Canal Treaty has been put in place. Since 2000, this new treaty has returned control of the Canal to the Panamanian government. However, under the new treaty, if the efficiency of the Canal deteriorates, then the United States reserves the right to intervene and reestablish order within the Canal.
Photo by Wendy Chandler.