The Panama Canal remains one of the most crucial trade routes in the world, and the U.S. has a long history of involvement in it. Even though the canal was handed over to Panama in 1999, many believe ...

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.

A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and how does that ripple out to the global economy?

Rarely do Panamanians unite on political topics, but threats to the ownership of the canal go to the heart of national ...

Rubio met Mulino in Panama City and said US President Donald Trump had determined that China posed “a threat to the canal” and had violated a treaty concerning its neutrality, according to ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the Central American ally must immediately reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or ...

US top diplomat Marco Rubio warned Panama to immediately take steps to address US concerns over Chinese businesses operating ports near the canal, which President Donald Trump has said represent a ...

Rubio's choice to visit Central America - Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic - is intentional and meant to drive forward the Trump agenda by 'paying closer ...

Marco Rubio heads Saturday to Panama on his debut trip abroad as US secretary of state as he looks for how to follow up on President Donald Trump's extraordinary threat to seize the Panama Canal.

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to regain U.S. ownership of the Panama Canal, which the United States ...

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal, the world's second ... and is published from a syndicated feed.) ...

WASHINGTON — A top Senate Republican accused Panama Tuesday of violating the treaty giving the Central American nation control over the vital Panama Canal shipping lane — saying the country ...