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President Trump says the canal authority is overcharging. Recent increases are attributed in part to drought, maintenance investments and demand. By Peter Eavis The cost of using the Panama Canal ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting Latin America on his first foreign trip in his new post. One of his stops is ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump reiterated his vow to “take back” the Panama Canal on Sunday, warning of “powerful” US action in an escalating diplomatic dispute with the Central American country ...

As Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to Panama ... Canal Zone may have served to deter northward migration from South America, reducing immigration pressure on America’s southern border.

Rubio says Trump sees status quo at Panama Canal as unacceptable Sovereignty ... help in stemming migration toward the U.S. southern border. The visit also reflects a U.S. desire to counter ...

PANAMA CITY — Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Jan. 30 there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal, and he hopes U.S. Secretary of State Marco ...

The CEO of the Panama Canal has denied President-elect Trump's allegation that the waterway built by the U.S. over a century ago is now under the control of China. "The accusations that China is ...

Trump has complained that China exerts control over the canal and charges U.S. ships six-figure premiums to cross Panama's isthmus. The canal was built over several decades by the U.S. and ...

Indeed, the canal should not be the only issue on the table. Discussions should include funding to secure the southern border: Panama’s that is. Panama’s southern border abuts the Darien Gap ...

WASHINGTON — A top Senate Republican accused Panama Tuesday of violating the treaty giving the Central American nation control over the vital Panama Canal shipping lane — saying the country ...