The United States transfers control of Panama Canal to Panama

Literary/ Cultural Context Note

Download PDF Add to Bookshelf Report an Error

Resources

From 1979 to 1999 the Panama Canal, a ship canal joining the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, was controlled by both America and Panama. On the 31st of December, 1999 command of the waterway was transferred to the Panamanian government.

38 words

11108 The United States transfers control of Panama Canal to Panama 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

Save this article

If you need to create a new bookshelf to save this article in, please make sure that you are logged in, then go to your 'Account' here

Leave Feedback

The Literary Encyclopedia is a living community of scholars. We welcome comments which will help us improve.