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

More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — and 25 ...

Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte Vasquez tour the Miraflores locks at the Panama ... migrants seeking to exit South America en route to the ...

Marco Rubio delivered a stark warning to Panama's president on February 2 that Washington would 'take measures necessary' if ...

Ships would no longer need to circumnavigate South America ... Panama’s hands were tied. The US imported workers to build the canal from across the Caribbean. An ingenious system of locks ...

Hern said the canal is “certainly very strategic to move products … and not have to go around South America ... taken over by Panama 25 years ago. A parallel series of locks have, in effect ...

Marco Rubio is set to embark on his first diplomatic mission abroad since being confirmed to his post, visiting five ...

A cargo ship traverses the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon ... and Chinese influence in Central and South America continues to grow. Some Republican lawmakers have taken Trump ...

A cargo ship is towed at the Panama Canal's Agua Clara locks on Gatun Lake in Colon, Panama, on Jan. 29, 2025. On the eve of ...

Rubio says Trump sees status quo at Panama ... over the canal is not up for discussion, Mulino says U.S. believes China's influence violates neutrality treaty Rubio on Latin America tour in ...