The Panama Canal is an artificial 82-kilometre (51-mile) waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, making it an important trade and logistics hub.

The number of vessels that passed through the Panama Canal rose to an average of 34 per day for a total of 1,021 transits ...

Puerto Quetzal’s location 100 kilometers south of Guatemala City makes it a critical gateway for exports like sugar, coffee, and textiles. Its proximity to the Panama Canal enhances its ...

Guatemala and the Dominican Republic WASHINGTON, January 31. /TASS/. The US views the Panama Canal as a strategic asset that can’t be under China's control, US State Department’s Special Envoy ...

Forty percent of all U.S. container traffic travels through the Panama Canal every year, and in all, $270 billion in cargo annually. The U.S. and China are the top users of the Panama Canal ...

The canal belongs to Panama.” Mulino instead highlighted ... Along with Panama, Rubio is also slated to visit Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

His plan called for a sea-level canal to be dug along the path of the Panama Railroad. Some 50 miles in length, the canal would be less than half as long as the Suez. De Lesseps estimated that the ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Panama on Saturday with a lofty assignment: Retake the Panama Canal, the U.S.-built ...

The Panama Canal Administrator, Dr. Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, delivered the 43rd Annual William A. Patterson Distinguished ...

The deal comes after U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to take control of the Panama Canal and end what he sees as China’s influence over the waterway critical to global trade.

The canal is Panama's," he said at his weekly press conference ... El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic. The visit comes amid high tension between Latin America and ...

(CNN) — Panama City (AP) — 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 ...