Panama plans a $1.6B reservoir to combat canal droughts. President Mulino backs the Río Indio project despite protests from ...

Panama can't afford to let the canal become a backwater. So in October 2006, the country's voters overwhelmingly approved a $5.25 billion plan to expand and modernize the canal.

The Erie Canal is turning 200. New York is throwing a summer-long party. The waterway, one of the continent’s most significant, has a history full of abolitionism, commerce and cultural connection.

Most famous for its canal, Panama’s namesake capital has been busily reinventing itself. Explore the storied spaces of its old quarter, pockets of urban greenery and vibrant restaurant scene.

As the canal’s traffic has grown, prolonged droughts have hampered its operations. In 2023, a drought driven largely by the El Niño weather phenomenon forced the Panama Canal Authority (ACP, a ...

— The Panama Maritime Authority has hired Checkmate Government Relations — the firm founded by Ches McDowell, a close friend of Donald Trump Jr. and the brother of first-term Rep. Addison ...

Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American influence continue to rise.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats from China but that together the United States and Panama will keep it secure. The Chinese Foreign Ministry ...

The United States and Panama will work together to take back the Panama Canal from “China’s influence,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday while standing in front of the vital ...

Trump did not rule out military action, and he has directed the Defense Department to draw up plans to send more troops to Panama to “reclaim” the canal, through which 40% of U.S. trade passes.

Panama’s government on Monday said it would file a criminal complaint against local executives of a Hong Kong company that runs ports at either end of its famous canal, as the country comes ...