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.

UNT Dallas political science professor outlines the implications of Trump’s threat to the Panama Canal. Trump’s suggestion ...

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.

President Trump’s push to take back control of the strategic waterway stokes memories of a period of U.S. imperial ambition ...

Panama Canal Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez addresses President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion that the U.S. should retake control of the Panama Canal during an interview with Associated Press ...

Panama City — The administrator of the Panama Canal said Friday that the vital waterway will remain in Panamanian hands and open to commerce from all countries, rejecting claims by President ...

Authorities of Panama and Greenland have repeatedly said they won't hand over any territory to Trump, with Panama's president ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s recent lament that the United States ceded control of the Panama Canal to Panama under the Carter administration is both strategically sound and historically resonant.

In a December Truth Social missive, Trump accused Panama of “ripping off” the U.S. by charging "exorbitant" fees for ships traveling through the Canal. Later remarks in Phoenix saw the ...