Panama’s location between two continents and two oceans explains why it’s a geopolitical hot spot, and why it has so many ...

Panama is constructing its first-ever metro tunnel under the Panama Canal as part of Metro Line 3, aiming to connect Panama ...

Trump has said repeatedly that he wants to "take back" the Panama canal. Before taking office in January, he said that he ...

The United States should consider working with Canada to open an equivalent shipping route to bolster its commercial and ...

On the latest episode of The President’s Inbox, Jim sat down with Will Freeman, fellow for Latin America studies at the Council, to discuss President Donald Trump’s effort to reassert U.S. influence ...

The Panama Canal was built on the premise that it would cut the time needed to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific. So how ...

The Panama Canal remains one of the most crucial trade routes in the world, and the U.S. has a long history of involvement in ...

US President Donald Trump's bid to take back control of the Panama Canal has put his counterpart Jose Raul Mulino in a difficult position and revived fears in the Central American country that US ...

US and Panamanian military forces conduct a joint drill at the Panama Canal during the visit of US defense secretary Pete Hegseth to Port of Rodman in West Panama, Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

US troops will be able to deploy to a string of bases along the Panama ... over the canal, which handles about 40 per cent of US container traffic and five per cent of world trade.

He also reiterated that Panama would not host permanent US military bases, though rotational exercises would continue. The canal, one of the world’s busiest interoceanic waterways, sees over two ...

FILE PHOTO: The Balboa Port is pictured after Hong Kong's CK Hutchison agreed to sell its interests in a key Panama Canal port operator to a BlackRock Inc-backed consortium, in Panama City.