A team from NPR's All Things Considered went to Panama to report on the canal there, which has gained attention in recent months due to President Trump's comments about the U.S. taking control of it.

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 ...

A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and ...

Panama has been looking for solutions to a long-term problem. Every time a ship passes through the Panama Canal, more than 50 ...

A black, massive Hong Kong-registered ship inched its way through the churning waters of the Panama Canal — guided by tugboats stern and aft, and sweating Panamanians ...

An overview of Panama's historical ties to the U.S. and where the crisis might be headed next.

From $45 'Canada is not for sale' hats to $35 'Greetings from the Gulf of America' T-shirts, sloganeering merch is bigger ...

"Canada is Not For Sale" hats are pictured at The Sam Group ... The President repeatedly voiced his interest in acquiring ...

As Washington threatens and Panama refusing to back down, a struggle to control this key trade, security and immigration ...

For the best part of a century they carved out their own little piece of paradise in Central America, arriving from the United States to manage and operate and defend the Panama Canal. They lived ...

Limiting immigration and fighting narcotics smuggling are major elements of that effort, but another key priority will be curbing China’s growing influence in the Western Hemisphere, topped by ...

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama, in 1999, as "a foolish gift that should have never been made". Trump also ...