THE Panama Canal and US Subic Naval Base were constructed around the same time the US was rising as an imperial naval power ...

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

A Panamanian national holiday remembering the killing of 21 protesters by police and U.S. troops in 1964 is taking on new ...

December 31, 2024, marks 25 years since Panama assumed administration of the Panama Canal, following the signing of the ...

In late December, Donald Trump suggested the United States should retake control of the Panama Canal in his second term. He claims Panama is imposing “ridiculous” fees on ships passing through ...

It was a territory known to some who lived there as a tropical utopia. The Canal Zone in Panama had been under U.S. control ...

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino swiftly rebuked Trump, stating, “Every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjoining zone is Panama’s and will remain so. The sovereignty and ...

PANAMA CITY—Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the highest pride.” More than a century later ...

The U.S. controlled the canal zone until 1977, when treaties initiated a gradual transfer of authority to Panama. After a period of joint administration, Panama assumed full control in 1999.

File photo: President Jimmy Carter views the Panama Canal at the Miraflores Locks in Canal Zone on June 17, 1978. File photo: A cargo ship traverses the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in ...

Trump made big news last week when he threatened to take back the Panama Canal, a move met with grumbling and a response from the Panamanian government. “We’re being ripped off at the Panama ...