The new US president has vowed to ‘take back’ the waterway, but there’s much more to this modern wonder than meets the eye ...

The Danish cargo ship Lars Maersk sails on Gatun Lake near the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon City, Panama, on December 28, 2024. (Arnulfo Franco/AFP via Getty Images) After Panama ...

5. The Panama Canal needs massive amounts of fresh water to facilitate the passage of ships using this system of locks. Most of this water is supplied from Lake Gatun using the force of gravity (no ...

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

The 51-mile maritime trade route uses a series of locks and reservoirs to cut through the middle of Panama and connect the Atlantic and Pacific. The United States built the canal in the early ...

The Panama Canal is a 51-mile man-made waterway with locks and reservoirs connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, saving ships from a 7,000-mile detour around Cape Horn at South America’s ...

Panama President José Raúl Mulino responded forcefully Monday, as he did after Trump’s initial statement last month that the ...

President Trump wants Panama to return its namesake canal to the U.S.

Newly sworn-in Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Panama for his first international trip as the nation’s top diplomat, Fox News has learned. Though details are still being worked out, the ...

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

Here’s a look at the history of the canal and what it would take for the US to retake it: The Panama Canal is a 51-mile man-made waterway with locks and reservoirs connecting the Atlantic and Pacific ...