Dec 29, 2024 · 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...

Jan 28, 2025 · Over the next decade, starting with Lyndon Johnson, several American administrations tried to negotiate a deal for ceding the canal to Panama. But it was Jimmy Carter in 1977 who overcame...

Dec 30, 2024 · The claim that Jimmy Carter sold the Panama Canal to Panama for one dollar is false. The transfer of the canal was part of a comprehensive diplomatic agreement, not a financial transaction.

President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian Chief of Government Omar Torrijos signed the Panama Canal Treaty and Neutrality Treaty on September 7, 1977. This agreement relinquishes American control over the canal by the year 2000 and guarantees its neutrality.

The Panama Canal Treaty and the accompanying Neutrality Treaty were signed by President Jimmy Carter and President Omar Torrijos in a ceremony at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, on September 7, 1977.

The treaties guaranteed that Panama would gain control of the Panama Canal after 1999, ending the control of the canal that the U.S. had exercised since 1903. The treaties are named after the two signatories, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and the Commander of Panama's National Guard , General Omar Torrijos .

The Panama Canal and the Torrijos-Carter Treaties. One of President Jimmy Carter’s greatest accomplishments was negotiating the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, which were ratified by the U.S. Senate in 1978. These treaties gave the nation of Panama eventual control of the Panama Canal.

6 days ago · Although the current Canal accords were signed by President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader General Omar Torrijos in September 1977, negotiations for a new treaty ceding sovereignty of the Canal Zone back to Panama spanned a period of 13 years—from 1964 to 1977—during the Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations.

Sep 8, 2024 · In 1977, in response to nearly 20 years of Panamanian protest, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Panama’s General Omar Torrijos signed two new treaties that replaced the original 1903 agreement and called for the transfer of canal control in 1999.

Feb 9, 2010 · In Washington, President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian dictator Omar Torrijos sign a treaty agreeing to transfer control of the Panama Canal from the United States to Panama at the end of the...