President Donald  Trump wants Panama to hand back, one of the most important waterways on the planet, the Panama Canal, to the United States and he hasn’t ruled out force if Panama won’t agree. It’s a far cry from 48 years ago when another very different US President - formally gave the Panama canal to the nation of Panama.This week from the Rear Vision archives - the story of the building of the Panama Canal and a US president who believed that fairness and not force should lie at the heart of the United States dealing with the nations of the world.

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