panama gained control over panama canal by negotiating and then later war.
1999
in 1999
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Panama gained full control of the Panama Canal on December 31, 1999.
Panama canal
President Carter signed a treaty with Panama in 1977 giving control of the Panama Canal back to Panama in 1999
No one did. The US built the panama canal (construction was finished in 1914), and the US maintained control of it until dec 31, 1999 when the canal came into full Panamanian control.
Full control of the Panama Canal was the prize for assisting Panama in becoming independent of Columbia.
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.
Panama Canal Authority, an agency of the Panamanian government owns the canal. Complete control was turned over to them by a joint U.S/Panama administration on December 31, 1999.
On September 7, 1977,a treaty was signed by President Jimmy Carter and Omar Torrijos, de facto leader of Panama, granting Panamanians free control of the canal, so long as Panama guaranteed complete neutrality of the canal. The treaty led to full Panamanian control, effective at noon on December 31, 1999.