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." ...

Panama is in danger of becoming a case study of how an American hard-power win could become a soft-power loss. America did ...

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

The Trump administration needs to figure out the proper balance between coercion and diplomacy, and how it affects ...

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

But the president said the consortium controlling them was being audited and that the canal authority would give Rubio a more detailed explanation.Mulino did say Panama would not be renewing its ...

The authorities could allow the country’s currency, the peso, to weaken against the dollar, effectively making its exports ...

“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 ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio leaves for his first overseas trip as the nation’s top diplomat on Saturday. Rubio's first stop on the six-day visit is Panama as he sets out on pursuing President ...