Teddy Roosevelt would presumably be pleased. President Trump spoke loudly and swung a big stick in Panama’s direction, and it produced instantaneous results on Sunday when Secretary of State Marco ...

President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested the United States take over the Panama Canal, a shipping waterway that cuts across Central America, unless fees for using the canal are lowered.

President Donald Trump said the US would take back the Panama Canal on Monday during his inaugural address as claimed the waterway system had been seized by China. The declaration followed weeks of ...

When President Theodore Roosevelt formulated plans for the Panama Canal, there was no Panama. The country was still part of the Republic of Colombia despite bouts of on-again, off-again autonomy and ...