The president who built his fan base on isolationism is pivoting to a kind of imperialism that the U.S. hasn’t seen in ...

When the Panama Canal was unveiled by the United States in 1914, the roughly 50-mile-long waterway symbolized American power ...

The answer is simple: there is no greater or more idealistic symbol of U.S. power in the world than the Panama Canal. As ...

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

selfless gift to world civilization in building the canal. Trump’s words reiterate an age-old American mythology regarding the relationship between the U.S. and Panama, one that hides a history ...

Luis Barrera, a 52-year-old cab driver, said Panama had fought hard to get the canal back and has expanded it since taking control. “I really feel uncomfortable because it’s like when you’re ...

Luis Barrera, a 52-year-old cab driver, said Panama had fought hard to get the canal back and has expanded it since taking control. “I really feel uncomfortable because it’s like when you’re ...

Of the many sweeping changes President Trump has been focused on during his return to the White House is control over the Panama Canal. Since winning the 2024 election, Trump has mused over ...

“It’s Panama’s government, via the Panama Canal Authority, that sets the fees based on decades-old agreements of neutrality,” added Rosendal. All ships transiting the canal are subject ...