Panama has owned and administered the Panama Canal for nearly three decades. President Trump wants to change that to counter ...

They say they fought too hard to wrest it from the U.S. to now hand back the waterway, which is part of the nation’s identity.

UNT Dallas political science professor outlines the implications of Trump’s threat to the Panama Canal. Trump’s suggestion ...

The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s ...

Often called one of the seven modern wonders of the world, the Panama Canal splits the continents of North and South America ...

Roughly 5% of all global trade flows through the canal’s 50-mile (80-kilometer) stretch each year, with the largest chunk ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — The administrator of the Panama Canal said Friday that the vital waterway will remain in Panamanian hands and open to commerce from all countries, rejecting claims by ...

People use boats for all kinds of reasons ... basic summary of how locks work, including an explanation of the water saving basins used on the new locks at the Panama Canal.

President-elect Donald Trump’s recent lament that the United States ceded control of the Panama Canal to Panama ... were capable of traversing the canal’s lock system. While today’s ships ...

Trump is seeking to reopen a debate over control of the Panama Canal that was settled five decades ago. However, in this case, Trump’s statements resonate with a powerful sentiment that long ...

Dunlap The journalist David Gonzalez was at the Miraflores locks in Panama on Dec. 14 ... power and presence along the shores of the Panama Canal symbolically ended Tuesday when former President ...

The Panama Canal is an international waterway utilized by shipping from all nations ... The canal and its many locks would be easy prey to terrorists or to an unfriendly government.