Panama Marks Canal Handover Anniversary In Shadow Of Trump Threat

The Panama Canal generates six percent of Panama's national economic output and 20 percent of its fiscal revenues (Credit: AFP)

Panama on Tuesday marked the 25th anniversary of the United States' handover of its interoceanic canal, a milestone overshadowed by President-elect Donald Trump's threat to demand control be returned to Washington.

The anniversary came two days after the death of former US president Jimmy Carter, who in 1977 signed the treaties that led to the vital waterway's eventual transfer decades later.