1978 - Passed by President Carter, these called for the gradual return of the Panama Canal to the people and government of Panama. They provided for the transfer of canal ownership to Panama in 1999 and guaranteed its neutrality.
1978 - Passed by President Carter, these called for the gradual return of the Panama Canal to the people and government of Panama. They provided for the transfer of canal ownership to Panama in 1999 and guaranteed its neutrality.
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President Carter signed a treaty with Panama in 1977 giving
control of the Panama Canal back to Panama in 1999
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No, they treaty of Paris was signed almost 200 years earlier.
The treaty that established the Panama Canal Zone and allowed fot
the construction of the Panama Canal by the U.S. was the
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty.
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The treaty signed by President Carter in 1977 set in motions the
transfer of control of the Panama Canal. The treaty turned the
canal over to Panama.