The critical waterway has a complex history. Why does Trump want it back? And what does China have to do with it?

China has significantly expanded its economic and geopolitical footprint in Latin America, particularly through the ...

Donald Trump stokes fears about Beijing’s influence in Panama, but thousands of Chinese gave their lives to build canal and ...

In our news wrap Monday, crews started recovering several parts of the passenger jet that collided mid-air with a military ...

The new US president has vowed to ‘take back’ the waterway, but there’s much more to this modern wonder than meets the eye ...

In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump repeated his plan to regain control of the Panama Canal. Can he?

The Panama Railroad, when it opened in 1855, became the primary transportation route across the isthmus. After building the Suez Canal, French engineers tried to do the same thing in Panama.

PANAMA CITY — Marco Rubio’s weekend visit to Panama is set to offer clues to a pressing question: whether the next four years ...

He added: "We didn't give it to China, we gave it to Panama and we ... in the 1850s, a railway was built across the isthmus). The US secured the rights to build a canal – which, when completed ...