Frequent droughts have pushed authorities to pursue a controversial plan to dam a river to save the waterway — an act that ...

Panama’s president has said that he instructed the country’s foreign minister to not discuss the U.S. government’s ...

Could Mexico’s shipping corridor be the future of global trade? With rising costs and congestion at the Panama Canal, Mexico ...

Since returning to office, President Trump has made repeated claims that China operates the Panama Canal and threatened to ...

The Panama Canal crisis isn’t over yet, and it may be only the first stage of a wider conflict about whether the U.S. can contain China’s control of the world’s commercial maritime logistics network.

Panama - January 26, 2025 Twenty-five years after its return to Panama, the Panama Canal, an artificial waterway connecting ...

A team from NPR's All Things Considered went to Panama to report on the canal there, which has gained attention in recent months due to President Trump's comments about the U.S. taking control of it.

Trump’s threat occurs as Panama became an elected member of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term in ...

In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...