In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

In recent years the operation of the Panama Canal has been increasingly affected by changes in rainfall, and some data ...

The U.S. initially acquired the rights to build and operate the Panama Canal in 1903 through the Hay–Bunau–Varilla Treaty ...

Rarely do Panamanians unite on political topics, but threats to the ownership of the canal go to the heart of national ...

President Trump is wrong when he says China controls the Panama Canal. But the U.S. rival does have influence there, and the ...

President José Mulino said Panama's sovereignty over the world's second busiest waterway is not up for discussion.

President Donald Trump reiterated his vow to “take back” the Panama Canal on Sunday, warning of “powerful” US action in an ...

The authorities could allow the country’s currency, the peso, to weaken against the dollar, effectively making its exports ...

at the Cocoli Locks in the Panama Canal in 2018.Credit: Getty Images, digitally tinted “It’s a very large, publicly listed company, so it is likely to have a lot more independence from the ...

But cracks were showing in the anti-American solidarity ... aboard a ship as it enters the Miraflores Locks while transiting the Panama Canal on Sept. 21, 2023. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images ...

Donald Trump has long been fixated on the Panama Canal, a crucial shipping route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He has railed against rising tolls on American ships (though the increases ...

It is now operated by the government-owned Panama Canal Authority, which recently built a new set of bigger locks, allowing the size limit for ships passing through to be expanded from so-called ...