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 ...

Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others ...

A black, massive Hong Kong-registered ship inched its way through the churning waters of the Panama Canal — guided by ...

For most of the 20th century, Panama was physically severed in two by the US-controlled Canal Zone, which ran through the middle of the Central American country. Thanks to Panamanian diplomacy ...

José Raúl Mulino is set to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday when the two will visit the Panama Canal. NBC Universal, Inc. Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday ...

US Envoy Calls China's Presence Around Panama Canal a Security Concern By ... of Chinese companies and actors throughout the Canal Zone, in everything from ports and logistics to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China's presence around the Panama Canal is a national security concern that ... "This increasingly creeping presence of Chinese companies and actors throughout the Canal Zone, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland and retake control of the Panama Canal is driven by legitimate national security ...

PANAMA CITY — Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal, and he hopes U.S. Secretary of State Marco ...

They finally erupted on Jan. 9, 1964, when a group of students rushed to the Canal Zone and raised Panama’s flag over Balboa High School. In response to their protest, American students and ...

Following pressure from anti-colonial movements, the U.S. signed treaties in 1977 granting Panama control and full sovereignty over the canal zone and guaranteeing its permanent neutrality.