President José Mulino said Panama's sovereignty over the world's second busiest waterway is not up for discussion.

The secretary of state said the United States could take steps to “protect its rights.” Panama’s leader said he was sure that ...

Over decades, a shift in US military strategy, larger carriers and the growth of commerce on the West Coast deemphasized US involvement.

Trump began his second presidential term with a series of promises, including the vow to gain control of the Panama Canal.

When the Panama Canal was unveiled by the United States in 1914, the roughly 50-mile-long waterway symbolized American power ...

Trump on Tuesday refused to rule out using military force to retake the Panama ... Gatun Locks, near the Caribbean end of the canal, earlier this year.Credit...Federico Rios for The New York ...

When Panama declared independence later that year, the U.S. quickly recognized the new nation and signed ... Carter views the Panama Canal at the Miraflores Locks in Canal Zone on June 17, 1978.

Donald Trump is suggesting that his new administration ... complex locks across the Isthmus of Panama. Thousands of laborers, many from Caribbean nations, perished in the massive canal project.

Trump has characterized the fees for transiting the canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as “ridiculous.” FILE - A cargo ship sails through the Miraflores locks of the Panama ...

Looking north from the lighthouse on the west wall is the Gatun middle locks of the Panama Canal in the final stages ... his promises to redraw the world map may be renaming the Gulf of Mexico ...

Panama City, Panama (CNN) — The new Panamanian ... times to traverse the locks on their 51-mile journey from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The US built and operated the canal and its surrounding ...