A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and how does that ripple out to the global economy?

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

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

Panama became the first Latin American country to officially join China's Belt and Road Initiative. It leaves at a time Trump ...

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

Trump has repeatedly suggested the U.S. should demand the return of the Panama Canal if Panama does not reduce the fees it ...

President Donald Trump is a man with a plan for the canal, namely to force Panama to limit China’s influence on the vital 50-mile shortcut between the Atlantic and the Pacific or risk the United ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panama's President José Raúl Mulino that the "status quo" of the Panama Canal is ...

Panama's decision to leave a key investment deal with China has drawn accusations from Beijing of "pressure and coercion" by ...

The U.S., which completed building the canal in 1914, returned the passage to Panama in 1999, due to treaties signed in 1977. Rubio during his visit urged Panama to reduce China's "influence and ...

"The canal belongs to Panama.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio ... Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington.

When it comes to the Panama Canal, some observers say that Chinese ... Beijing – a major global exporter – has placed on building its ties with the strategically vital country.