As United States President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term on Monday, he repeated his wishes to acquire the Panama Canal and rename the Gulf of Mexico in his inaugural speech. Trump has ...
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1513 - Following Vasco Núñez de Balboa's trek across the isthmus from the Atlantic to the Pacific, showing it is a bridge between the oceans. 1519 - Pedro Arias Dávila founds Panama City ...