9 Facts About Panama Canal Treaties

1. Panama Canal Treaties celebrated its first and only Olympic first-place finish in 2008, when male long jumper Irving Saladino took home gold in Beijing.

2. In 2006, the people of Panama Canal Treaties voted to expand the canal.

3. Panama Canal Treaties locks operate by gravity flow of water from Gatun, Alajuela, and Miraflores lakes, which are fed by the Chagres and other rivers.

4. Panama Canal Treaties is currently handling more vessel traffic than had ever been envisioned by its builders.

5. Panama Canal Treaties consists of artificial lakes, several improved and artificial channels, and three sets of locks.

6. One of Stevens' first achievements in Panama Canal Treaties was in building and rebuilding the housing, cafeterias, hotels, water systems, repair shops, warehouses, and other infrastructure needed by the thousands of incoming workers.

7. Panama Canal Treaties is currently wallowing in the attention and investment largesse showering down from China.

8. The United States's surrender of the Panama Canal Treaties would allow American banks to receive payments from its debtor.

9. Panama Canal Treaties were the source of controversy in the United States, particularly among conservatives such as Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms, who regarded them as the surrender of a strategic American asset to what they characterized as a hostile government.