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 ...

The Trump administration is framing the President’s vow to take back the Panama Canal as an economic investment, not “imperialistic expansion." ...

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

A black, massive Hong Kong-registered ship inched its way through the churning waters of the Panama Canal — guided by ...

Two Panamanian lawyers filed a complaint Monday to cancel the concession of a Hong Kong-based company for operating two ports ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on his first foreign trip as America's top diplomat, held face-to-face talks with Mulino ...

"All the while, the Chinese Communist Party uses diplomatic and economic leverage — such as at the Panama Canal — to oppose the U.S. and turn sovereign nations into vassal states.” ...

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

Rubio Visiting Central America With the Panama Canal and Immigration Top of Mind PANAMA CITY (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on his first foreign trip in office, arriving in Central ...

When US President Donald Trump threatened to "take back" the Panama Canal in his inauguration speech last week, Panamanians were reminded of American imperialism of old. For most of the 20th ...

Rubio has built a detailed basis from which he will approach talks with its leaders in a bid to regain U.S. control of the canal. While Rubio said he views Panama as a generally pro-U.S. partner ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio begins a trip this week in Panama that will also take him to Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic, allied countries of the United States, ...