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 ...

WASHINGTON - China's presence around the Panama Canal is a national security ... of Chinese companies and actors throughout the Canal Zone, in everything from ports and logistics to ...

Native Panamanians were removed from the Canal Zone, which had been the most populous part of Panama, in part to make conditions more "hygienic", and it became effectively a US colony. This was a ...

He literally opened the floodgates and gave strategic assets throughout the Canal Zone to China," said Mauricio Claver-Carone, the US special envoy on Latin America. He charged that Panama ...

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 ...

Marco Rubio’s trip should focus on countering Chinese investment in Latin America and helping Panama stem illegal ... and actors throughout the Canal Zone, in everything from ports and logistics ...

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 ...

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 ...