The critical waterway has a complex history. Why does Trump want it back? And what does China have to do with it?

Economic development scholar Ricardo Hausmann explains the history of the canal, Panama’s investment and development of the ...

The maritime authority is expected to analyze the transaction, which gives control of the two ports strategically located near the Panama Canal to the BlackRock-backed group, at the cabinet's ...

During his inaugural address in January, President Trump proclaimed that “China is operating the Panama Canal” and promised that the United States would be “taking it back.” Shortly after ...

Perhaps the recent fuss over the Panama Canal will deliver one worthy result: U.S. Navy ships won’t have to pay a fee to move through the isthmus that divides two oceans. If that’s the outcome ...

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration savoured a quick victory after a Hong Kong conglomerate this week decided to hand over its stakes in two major Panama Canal ports to a consortium led by a ...

But on Tuesday evening during a joint address to Congress, Trump said his administration was taking steps to reclaim the Panama Canal, and he resumed his push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland.

President Trump appeared to double down on his threats to seize the Panama Canal, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Panama Sunday with an ultimatum from the White House. Photo ...

The country is under enormous pressure to placate Mr. Trump, who has threatened to take over the Panama Canal. The migrants held in the San Vicente camp were among those flown to Panama in ...

After weeks of lawsuits and human rights criticism, Panama has released dozens of migrants who were held for weeks in a remote camp after being deported from the United States, telling them they ...