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

Few took the president-elect’s combative comments at face value, but they still sent a shudder through a country that the ...

Trump's claim that Chinese soldiers exercise authority over the Panama Canal is inaccurate, but his assertion that China ...

Donald Trump's threat to retake the Panama Canal can alienate an important ally that the future administration will need.

Latin American leaders on Monday rallied to Panama's defense after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reimpose U ...

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to assume later this month, he is ramping up his threats to take over a critical ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Panama celebrated on Tuesday the 25th anniversary of the transfer ...

Incoming US president has repeatedly stated that Beijing is ‘operating’ the crucial waterway – an untruth, but one that gets ...

Aerial view of a stranded ship in Limon Bay ... United States could reclaim foreign territory. The Panama Canal, built by the U.S. in 1914 and given to Panama in 1999, facilitates 5% of global ...

Trump also slammed former President Jimmy Carter for overseeing diplomatic negotiations to turn over the Panama Canal, which the U.S. finished constructing in 1914 ... flag the ship sails under.

He noted that Panama has expanded the canal over the years to increase ship traffic “on its own initiative ... the U.S. finished building the canal on Aug. 15, 1914. Almost immediately, some ...

Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of ... from 2014 to 2019, said all canal users are subject to the same fees, though they vary by ship size and other factors.