In what year did the United States hand over control of the Panama Canal to the nation of Panama? 1996 1998 2000 2002

they they they did it in 1998

In 1977, responding to nearly 20 years of Panamanian protest, U. S. President Jimmy Carter and Panama's General Omar Torrijos signed two new treaties that replaced the original 1903 agreement and called for a transfer of canal control in 1999.