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

The United States built the Panama Canal in the early 1900s, as it looked for ways to facilitate the transit of commercial and military vessels between its coasts. A cargo ship traverses the Agua ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will ...

Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.

The social and racial divide along the Panama Canal zone in its American heyday was stark: a silver and gold, segregated ...

To hold its status in global trade, the canal expanded. Now it faces water level challenges, as well as pressure from U.S.

Here's a look at how we got here: What is the canal? It is a man-made waterway that uses a series of locks and reservoirs over 51 miles (82 kilometers) to cut through the middle of Panama and ...

Shipping prices have increased because of droughts last year affecting the canal locks, forcing Panama to drastically cut shipping traffic through the canal and raise rates to use it. Though the ...

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