A Nassau County man, who spent nearly 30 years with USAID, laments the abrupt shutdown of the agency and shares some of its ...

The Panama Canal was built on the premise that it would cut the time needed to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific. So how ...

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

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

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Without enough freshwater flowing in, the canal’s locks can’t raise and lower ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Droughts mean fewer ships per day, and that can quickly affect ...

A gas cargo ship sails through the Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal in Panama City, on April 8, 2025. A gas cargo ship sails through the Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal in Panama City ...

And it’s a lot. Image The Panama Canal uses a system of locks that raise and lower ships to overcome the elevation difference between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Always profitable ...

US President Donald Trump's bid to take back control of the Panama Canal has put his counterpart Jose Raul Mulino in a difficult position and revived fears in the Central American country that US ...

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 ...