“Control of strategic chokepoints like the Panama Canal is probably among China’s goals,” said Will Freeman, Fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.

“A man, a plan, a canal — Panama,” so the famous palindrome ... Trump is getting solid backing from Republicans on the Hill. “America is sleepwalking into a carefully laid Chinese trap.

Following a meeting with top US diplomat Marco Rubio last Sunday, Mulino said Panama would exit China’s Belt and Road infrastructure drive – a blow for Beijing, which had celebrated Panama as the ...

Panama's president says the State Department's claim of an agreement granting U.S. warships free canal passage was "based on ...

The Panama Canal Authority on Wednesday denied the U.S. State Department's claim that U.S. government vessels would be able ...

Since its completion by the United States in 1914, the canal has played a critical role in global supply chains by saving container ships weeks of travel around South America. The Panama Canal’s ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the State Department’s assertion that Panama “has agreed to no longer charge fees” to US government vessels transiting the Panama Canal ...

The U.S. Department of State said on Wednesday American government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge ... Sunday during a trip to Central America. Panama has become a focal ...