The Panama Canal crosses the narrowest part of the isthmus between North and South America, allowing ships to move more quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It carries about 40% of US cont ...

US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged free transit for American commercial and military ships through the Panama and ...

WASHINGTON, April 27. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump has called for free passage through the Panama and Suez Canals for American warships and merchant ships. "American ships, both military and ...

The US defense secretary first mentioned plans to expand US military presence in Panama on April 9 following a visit to the Central American country ...

On the latest episode of The President’s Inbox, Jim sat down with Will Freeman, fellow for Latin America studies at the ...

Trump may want to turn back the clock on half a century of incompetent negotiation and poor deal-making, but legally, he has ...

US troops will be able to deploy to a string of bases along the Panama Canal under a joint ... some of which Washington built when it occupied the canal zone decades ago. Trump, since returning ...

The United States and Panama have signed a new defence and security pact to boost cooperation around the Panama Canal — a move US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth called vital to countering China ...

PANAMA CITY -Panama said on Wednesday the United States recognized its sovereignty over the Panama Canal, despite tough rhetoric from Washington, as the two nations announced agreements to deepen ...

An aerial view shows containers at the Balboa Port, operated by Panama Ports Company, at the Panama Canal, in Panama City, Panama, February 1, 2025. Enea Lebrun/Reuters ...

The United States and Panama have officially signed a new defense and security pact aimed at reinforcing control over the Panama Canal, a move that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claims is ...

Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and its namesake canal that joins the Atlantic to the Pacific have ...