Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and its namesake canal that joins the Atlantic to the Pacific have become the ...

In his inauguration speech, President Trump accused Panama of violating the terms under which the U.S. handed over the Panama Canal. “We’re taking it back,” he declared. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...

The Panama Canal has spent the past few years battling extreme weather, with the El Niño phenomenon and severe drought leading to a water-level crisis. Now, it’s President Trump’s trade war that is ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s visit to Panama this week has Latin America experts speculating that President Donald Trump’s threat to take back the Panama Canal has waned — and shifted to a more ...

Brent is a Senior Research Fellow for Naval Warfare and Advanced Technology in the Allison Center for National Security. As China prepares its response to U.S. efforts to regain control of the Panama ...

Hegseth is first US defense secretary to visit in decades Panama wrestles with US concerns about Chinese investment US handed waterway to Panama in 1999 PANAMA CITY, April 8 (Reuters) - The United ...