The Panama Railroad, when it opened in 1855, became the primary transportation route across the isthmus. After building the Suez Canal, French engineers tried to do the same thing in Panama.

David Callaway and Douglas McIntyre, Editors-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, discuss the unintended “silver lining” of ...

Shell-led LNG Canada is the country’s first export terminal for the fuel, with the vessel preparing to make the journey ...

After a combined 265 years in operation, the domination of the two great artificial waterways – the Panama and Suez canals – in global trade is under threat from alternative routes for shipping. One ...

Most famous for its canal, Panama’s namesake capital has been busily reinventing itself. Explore the storied spaces of its old quarter, pockets of urban greenery and vibrant restaurant scene.

Indigenous communities near Panama Canal have a bigger problem than Trump Residents tell of anger over government's plans to flood villages to build reservoir to increase water for the canal ...

The Panama Canal remains one of the most crucial trade routes in the world, and the U.S. has a long history of involvement in it. Even though the canal was handed over to Panama in 1999, many ...

United States President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for America to “reclaim” the Panama Canal from what he termed “China control”.

Colombian and Mexican cartels control the drug trafficking business in Panama. They’ve turned the isthmus into a key corridor, a highway along which cocaine moves towards the United States, Europe, ...

DONALD Trump has requested his military draw up plans to reclaim the Panama Canal, two officials have claimed. The demands made by The White House come as Trump says he wants to crackdown ChinaR… ...

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

US President Donald Trump has vowed to "take back" the Panama Canal in his inauguration speech, alleging the vital trade route is under China's control. Doubling down on his pre-inauguration ...