President Donald Trump says China is running the Panama Canal and “we’re gonna take it back, or something very powerful’s ...

President Trump is throwing his weight around in our hemisphere in a way we haven’t seen in a century, and it’s opening up doors.

As Washington threatens and Panama refusing to back down, a struggle to control this key trade, security and immigration ...

Trump has complained that China exerts control over the canal and charges U.S. ships six-figure premiums to cross Panama's isthmus. The canal was built over several decades by the U.S. and ...

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal, the world's second busiest interoceanic waterway, spurring concerns that the United States could invade ...

China’s combination of presence, influence, and compromising relationships within Panama’s elite gives it numerous ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a warning about the Panama Canal, saying the current status of the trade route is “unacceptable.” According to a summary of Rubio’s meeting with Panama ...

Donald Trump has long been fixated on the Panama Canal, a crucial shipping route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He has railed against rising tolls on American ships (though the increases ...

President José Mulino said Panama's sovereignty over the world's second busiest waterway is not up for discussion.

President Donald Trump reiterated his vow to “take back” the Panama Canal on Sunday, warning of “powerful” US action in an escalating diplomatic dispute with the Central American country ...

However, Rubio did tell Mulino the Trump administration believes China’s operation in the canal violates a treaty agreement between the U.S. and Panama that the American-built canal would remain ...