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

Residents of Casco Viejo, a historic district located in the heart of Panama City rely heavily on tourism and services. Workers from the area share their thoughts on the country’s economy and how it ...

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

Since entering office in January, Donald Trump’s repeated threats to seize control of the Panama Canal, a critical passage for global freight traffic, have dominated headlines around the world.

The outdoor world was his milieu and over the years, as he worked a string of hard jobs, he taught himself about birds, trees, habitats, climate change and Panama’s fecund ecosystem.

However, Panama, with its outsized influence on global affairs due to the strategic role of the Panama Canal, is now caught in the middle of the China-U.S. arm wrestling rivalry. Panama and the Canal ...

Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and its namesake canal that joins the Atlantic to the Pacific have ...

After months of President Trump repeatedly saying that China asserted too much control over the Panama Canal, CK Hutchison, in March, announced an agreement to sell 43 ports in 23 countries ...

"Today, the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats," Hegseth said in a speech at a police station located at the entry to the shipping route. "The United States of America will not allow communist ...

During a visit to Panama on Tuesday (Apr 8), US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that America will not allow China and other nations to "threaten the canal's operation or integrity". Amid ...

The US built the more than century-old canal and handed it over to Panama in 1999. READ | Trump's Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth slams, mocks judge for halting transgender ban in military Hegseth met ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned during a visit to Panama on Tuesday that the United States will not allow China to jeopardize the operations of the country's vital interoceanic canal.