Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama ...

President Trump is wrong when he says China controls the Panama Canal. But the U.S. rival does have influence there, and the ...

Navy use of the canal is infrequent, with about 40 vessels transiting annually, excluding the service’s aircraft carriers, ...

President Trump says the canal authority is overcharging. Recent increases are attributed in part to drought, maintenance ...

China on lashed out at what it called U.S. “coercion” after Panama declined to renew a key infrastructure agreement with ...

With few options and time running out, a deal may prove to be Panama's best defense. The cost of occupying the canal may make ...

President Trump’s Inaugural Address criticized the Jimmy Carter Administration for giving away the Panama Canal: “which has foolishly been given to the country of Panama…We gave it to Panama and we’re ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on ... fees for U.S. government vessels to transit the Panama Canal.” But Panama president José Raúl Mulino quickly ...

President Trump is throwing his weight around in our hemisphere in a way we haven’t seen in a century, and it’s opening up doors.

The Panama Canal, a 51-mile maritime shortcut linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is a crucial artery of global trade and a longstanding focal point of international geopolitics. Since its ...

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama, in 1999, as "a foolish gift that should have never been made".

have also invested billions in Panama in recent years, as part of Xi Jinping's global Belt and Road Initiative. The US certainly has a big interest in the canal, strategically and economically ...