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 ...

President Donald Trump said in his proclamation declaring February 9 Gulf of America Day: "I took this action in part because, as stated in that [executive] order, the area formerly known as the Gulf ...

Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others ...

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

The Trump administration needs to figure out the proper balance between coercion and diplomacy, and how it affects ...

Rarely do Panamanians unite on political topics, but threats to the ownership of the canal go to the heart of national ...

Back in Nuuk, Lynge turns to the map once more to reflect on how Greenland became caught up in a much bigger game. He refers ...

Supporters of the move believe USAID was poorly managed and wasting taxpayers' money, with White House Press Secretary ...

Panama appears to have bowed to Donald Trump’s aggressive style of diplomacy by ditching its involvement in China’s Belt and ...

President Trump says the canal authority is overcharging. Recent increases are attributed in part to drought, maintenance ...

The authorities could allow the country’s currency, the peso, to weaken against the dollar, effectively making its exports ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting Panama in his first international trip. Here’s what to know about the Panama Canal ...