The U.S. views the Panama Canal as a strategically critical access point into the Pacific and new Secretary of State Marco ...

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling to Panama late next week in his first official diplomatic trip late, amid ...

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The rest instead called it “not realistic.” A majority said it was a “bad idea.” That’s a far cry from Trump’s posture; he ...

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The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution and is enforced by the autonomous Panama Canal Authority.

Marco Rubio will travel to Panama on his first trip abroad as secretary of State. The visit comes as Donald Trump looks to reclaim Panama's canal.

They say they fought too hard to wrest it from the U.S. to now hand back the waterway, which is part of the nation’s identity.

The Senate resolution echoes Trump’s references to the money the United States spent to build the canal at the beginning of the 20th century.

Other leaders see the U.S. as a country that believes it’s the only superpower — and acts like it.