Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino urged member nations at the Mercosur Summit in Buenos Aires, to back the Río Indio ...

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

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Watch as a gigantic container ship skillfully navigates the super tight passages of the Panama Canal ...

Darién National Park covers around 575,000 hectares, or 1.42 million acres, of rainforest at Panama’s southern border with ...

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 ...

PANAMA CITY, Panama—When President Theodore Roosevelt formulated plans for the Panama Canal, there was no Panama. The country was still part of the Republic of Colombia despite bouts of on-again ...

President Trump’s escalating rhetoric over the Panama Canal has transformed diplomatic tensions into a full-blown crisis. Trump’s assertion during his March 5 congressional address that “to ...

Panama has not just pushed through the sale of the canal ports since Mr Trump took office. It has supported his efforts to deport migrants who entered the United States illegally.

Washington relinquished control of the waterway to Panama on December 31, 1999, under a treaty signed in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter. Trump has said that Carter "foolishly" gave the canal away.