Because the amount of money made in tolls per year. Who owns the canal gets the money.
panama gained control over panama canal by negotiating and then later war.
On September 7, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed the Panama Canal Treaty. The US gave control of the Panama Canal back to Panama in 2000.
The Panama Canal (in Panama) and the Suez Canal in Egypt.
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in 1999
Panama gained full control of the Panama Canal on December 31, 1999.
Panama canal
Panama receives a fair amount of money from each ship that passes through the canal, which is important to the country.
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.
The Panama Canal is important to other countries because it provides a link