Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino urged member nations at the Mercosur Summit in Buenos Aires, to back the Río Indio ...

Panama plans a $1.6B reservoir to combat canal droughts. President Mulino backs the Río Indio project despite protests from ...

The Panama Canal changed global trade forever, but its creation came at a staggering human cost. Over 400 years of failed ...

Panamanian authorities on Saturday partially suspended internet and mobile phone service in a western province where a state ...

(Reuters) -The sale of two ports near the Panama Canal to a global consortium led by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) threatens the canal's principle of neutrality, the canal's head Ricaurte ...

Even though the canal was handed over to Panama in 1999, many believe the U.S. still has strategic interests in controlling or influencing its operations.

The billionaires behind the MSC shipping empire are discussing carving out two Panama ports from their $22.8 billion deal to buy dozens of ports from CK Hutchison 1 -0.61%, according to people ...

Panama Security Minister Frank Abrego (R) hosts U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (L) at the Presidential Palace as he is in Panama for a meeting with Panamanian officials to discuss security ...

Panama’s top auditor said Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison 1 0.74% owes hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid fees and failed to get necessary clearances for two key Panama Canal ports, dealing ...

For over 40 years, Capt. Efraín Hallax, 73, has been steering vessels through the canal, and he has seen it all, from a dictator’s fall to the rise of U.S. interest in retaking the waterway.

Accessed 19 Mar. 2025. ---. "The Panama Canal Is Considered a VITAL National Asset for the United States, due to Its Critical Role to America's Economy and National Security.

On the one hand, it's hard to see how it could allow a U.S. entity to take control of the ports when a U.S. invasion in being considered. The domestic politics are just too fraught. On the other, ...