In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

In recent years the operation of the Panama Canal has been increasingly affected by changes in rainfall, and some data ...

The new Panamanian ambassador was given strict instructions as he prepared to meet then-President Donald Trump one day in 2019: Do not engage him in any substantive discussion of critical issues.

The President accused China of “lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal.” The truth is more complicated.

Panama’s President Raúl Mulino criticized as an “intolerable” falsehood the US State Department’s claim that the Central ...

Donald Trump has long been fixated on the Panama Canal, a crucial shipping route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He has railed against rising tolls on American ships (though the increases ...

President Trump says the canal authority is overcharging. Recent increases are attributed in part to drought, maintenance investments and demand. By Peter Eavis The cost of using the Panama Canal ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) talks to Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte ... [+] Vasquez during a tour at the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal in Panama City. In a post ...

“A man, a plan, a canal — Panama,” so the famous palindrome goes. Just a quick history review. The U.S. took over canal construction from the French in 1904, completing it in 1914 for $375 ...

As he went to shake Trump’s hand, the president mentioned that in his experience there were “a lot of crooks” in Panama ... canal or about anything.” The canal’s original 1914 locks ...

The Panama Canal, a 51-mile maritime shortcut linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is a crucial artery of global trade and a longstanding focal point of international geopolitics. Since its ...