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

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on his first foreign trip in office, arriving in Central America on ...

The Trump administration is taking proactive measures to regain control over the Panama Canal and reduce Chinese influence at ...

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday denied the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a ...

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 ...

The canal’s two biggest ports are operated by a Hong Kong company with global reach. The Trump administration sees a Chinese ...

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".

Something very powerful is going to happen,” Trump warned from Washington, casting a shadow over Rubio’s diplomatic mission ...

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 ...

Omar Torrijos after signing the Panama Canal Treaty in Washington in 1977 ... ‘Shut it down and don’t let the U.S. go through ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urges Panama to reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal, raising tensions in ...

Rubio says Trump sees status quo at Panama Canal as unacceptable Sovereignty over the canal is not up for discussion, Mulino says U.S. believes China's influence violates neutrality treaty Rubio ...