The Panama Canal changed global trade forever, but its creation came at a staggering human cost. Over 400 years of failed ...

Depending on the size, weight, and type of vessel, ship owners often pay anywhere between $15,000 and $300,000 in basic fees ...

The Panama Canal Administrator, Dr. Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, delivered the 43rd Annual William A. Patterson Distinguished Transportation… ...

Members of the Canal Zone Roller-Skating Club in Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone, 1955. Credit: Getty Images, digitally tinted As part of a two-speed economy, other workers on the canal, most from ...

The United States began its work on the canal in 1903 until completion in 1914, with the help of Bucyrus workers keeping the machinery operational. A treaty ultimately transferred control of the ...

Every year, descendants of Black Caribbean workers who remain in Panama cross the canal to commemorate the deaths of their ancestors, throwing flowers into the water and singing mourning songs ...

Panama's José Raúl Mulino announced that his country would not renew its agreement with China's Belt and Road Initiative following a visit from Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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 ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Panama on Saturday with a lofty assignment: Retake the Panama Canal, the U.S.-built waterway that President Donald Trump laments should have never been ...

“The United States paid for and built the Panama Canal, but Panama is treating America unfairly and ceding control of key infrastructure to China,” Cruz, the Committee Chairman, said.

Trump is right to lament the lives lost for the creation of the canal. They were mostly Black Caribbean migrant workers, living and dying under Jim Crow conditions that the U.S. imposed in Panama.

Trump is right to lament the lives lost for the creation of the canal. They were mostly Black Caribbean migrant workers, living and dying under Jim Crow conditions that the U.S. imposed in Panama.