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 ...

Whether the U.S. or Panama own the Panama Canal, one of the largest routes for ship traffic in the world still faces horrible ...

Panama last month celebrated the 110th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal, which in its day was one of the most expensive and dangerous infrastructure endeavors ever undertaken.

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

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

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 ...

When US President Donald Trump threatened to "take back" the Panama Canal in his inauguration speech last week, Panamanians were reminded of American imperialism of old. For most of the 20th ...

José Raúl Mulino is set to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday when the two will visit the Panama Canal. NBC Universal, Inc. Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday ...

US Envoy Calls China's Presence Around Panama Canal a Security Concern By Simon Lewis, Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China's presence around the Panama Canal is a national security concern ...