In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and how does that ripple out to the global economy?

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama ... Ferdinand de Lesseps, who developed the Suez Canal, led a French ...

When US President Donald Trump threatened to "take back" the Panama Canal in his inauguration speech last week, Panamanians were reminded of American imperialism of old. For most of the 20th ...

Trump Is a Man With a Panama Canal Plan It should come as no surprise that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first stop on his first official trip this weekend will be in Panama, a nation that ...

José Raúl Mulino is set to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday when the two will visit the Panama Canal. NBC Universal, Inc. Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday ...

US Envoy Calls China's Presence Around Panama Canal a Security Concern By Simon ... Evan Ellis, a professor at the U.S. Army War College, said he thought the two sides were likely to search ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - China's presence around the Panama Canal is a national security ... Evan Ellis, a professor at the U.S. Army War College, said he thought the two sides were likely ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China's presence around the Panama Canal is a national security concern that ... Evan Ellis, a professor at the U.S. Army War College, said he thought the two sides were likely ...

Panama President José Raúl Mulino rejected negotiations over ownership of the Panama Canal, in the face of President Trump’s fixation on the U.S. retaking the trade waterway. Mulino’s remarks come ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland and retake control of the Panama Canal is driven by legitimate national security ...