In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and how does that ripple out to the global economy?

On a recent on-site report for NBC News from The Republic of Panama, correspondent Andrea Mitchell stated that the Panama Canal Treaty, signed by President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar ...

“A man, a plan, a canal — Panama,” so the famous palindrome goes. Just a quick history review. The U.S. took over canal construction from the French in 1904, completing it in 1914 for $375 ...

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday rejected U.S. claims that American warships and boats can transit the ...

On Wednesday evening, the U.S. State Department said via X that “U.S. government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees, saving the U.S. government millions of dollars a ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panama's President José Raúl Mulino that the "status quo" of the Panama Canal is ...

Panama's president says the State Department's claim of an agreement granting U.S. warships free canal passage was "based on ...

The U.S. Department of State said on Wednesday American government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge ...

Newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio encountered stiff resistance in Panama. Officials said control of the ...

He suggested a potential agreement on US concerns over Panama charging US military vessels that go through the canal, even ...

Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday denied the U.S. State Department's claim that his country had reached a ...