Panama’s location between two continents and two oceans explains why it’s a geopolitical hot spot, and why it has so many ...

Trump may want to turn back the clock on half a century of incompetent negotiation and poor deal-making, but legally, he has ...

Defense Secretary Hegseth said the U.S. and Panama are strengthening security ties and "together" will "take back" the canal from the influence of China, which operates two major ports.

President Donald Trump said on April 26 that U.S. military and commercial ships should be allowed to pass through the Panama ...

Interviewed during the campaign, Mulino said he would try and get lawmakers to approve a law enabling the Panama Canal to build large water reservoirs to combat droughts. The law, which would ...

Decades after the United States invaded Panama in 1989, Samuel Castañeda says the sounds and smells of that night – armored ...

This story began with an image, a 4-year-old Cristela Guerra, pictured above right, next to a U.S. soldier during one of the ...

“China did not build this canal. China does not operate this canal and China will not weaponize this canal,” the Pentagon chief said in remarks from Panama, with the strategic waterway as his ...

When the region experiences droughts, as it did in 2023–2024, the resulting water shortages can lead to increasing water ...

However, perhaps the most interesting part of his life was the period in which he played an important role in building the Panama Canal. A world traveler, he lived more than a decade in Central ...

US President Trump proposed that American military and commercial ships should receive free passage through the Panama and ...

One of those conflicts involves a new dam the Panama Canal Authority plans to begin building in 2027. It would be designed to secure enough water to keep the canal, which contributes about 4.2% to ...