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

Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged that the Trump administration would “take back” the Panama Canal from “China’s influence” on Tuesday during a visit to the key shipping lane.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Mulino during a visit in February that Trump believes China’s presence in the canal ...

US 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. Hegseth’s remarks triggered a ...

When Donald Trump announced his intention to “take back” the Panama Canal from China, I had to chuckle. My old friend Linc, who had died in 2005, was having the last laugh after all.

PANAMA CITY — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said April 8 the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats from China, but together the U.S. and Panama will keep it secure. Speaking at a ribbon ...

even as US President Donald Trump has repeated threats to retake the Panama Canal, Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha said on April 6. His comments came ahead of a visit next week by US Defence ...

FILE - Cargo containers sit stacked as cranes load and unload containers from cargo ships at the Panama Canal's Balboa port, operated by the Panama Ports Company, in Panama City, Jan. 31 ...

PANAMA CITY, April 7 (Reuters ... persist about President Donald Trump's repeated vows to take back the Panama Canal. During his trip this week, Hegseth will meet Panamanian officials as ...