The U.S. acquired the rights to build and operate the canal in the early 20th century, but at the time, Panama was in the ...

Trump has criticized Panama over increasing fees, warning that if it doesn't change, he will demand the canal's return to the ...

President-elect Donald Trump is decrying rising shipping fees Panama has imposed to use the Panama Canal. He’s even ...

President-elect Donald Trump ran on a platform of isolating the US from foreign conflicts like the Ukraine war, increasing ...

The U.S. helped Panama secede from Colombia in 1903 to build the passage that now carries more than 10,000 ships a year.

Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the ...

President-elect Donald Trump says he wants ships to pay less to move through the Panama Canal, and he said he would demand control over the canal if he doesn’t get what he wants.

After Donald Trump suggested the U.S. can retake control of the canal if it’s not “treated fairly,” Panama’s president pushed ...

In recent days the president-elect has called for asserting U.S. control over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing that ...

Trump’s other claim, that China is seeking to exert more control over Panama and the Canal Zone, is not without merit. In 2017, Panama signed a joint communique that stressed it would not ...

(CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend suggested the US should retake the Panama Canal, an idea that was immediately rejected by the government of Panama, which has controlled the ...