As Washington threatens and Panama refusing to back down, a struggle to control this key trade, security and immigration ...

The critical waterway has a complex history. Why does Trump want it back? And what does China have to do with it?

Ahead of U.S. top diplomat Marco Rubio's visit to the country, US envoy Mauricio Claver-Carone put the onus on Panama to ...

The new US president has vowed to ‘take back’ the waterway, but there’s much more to this modern wonder than meets the eye ...

The accusation takes place during the same week that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit the country in his ...

Republicans hoping to thwart Beijing’s influence in Latin America are urging the Panamanian government to cut ties with ...

The Canal Zone ceased to exist in 1979; after a period of joint control, Panama took over the canal in 1999. It is now operated by the government-owned Panama Canal Authority, which recently built a ...

Meanwhile, "Chinese companies now operate ports ... charged by Panama as well as Panama’s openness to investment by the Chinese Communist Party in the canal zone are likely both in breach ...

PANAMA CITY — Marco Rubio’s weekend visit to Panama is set to offer clues to a pressing question: whether the next four years ...

which could allow the US to retake the canal zone by force. A cargo ship sails through the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon City, Panama, on Dec. 28, 2024 AFP via Getty Images The ...