For decades, Trump has railed against Jimmy Carter’s decision to give the canal to Panama.

The Panama Canal has taken on an unexpected significance in Trump’s second term. So what is it? Why is it important? And why does Trump want to take it over ...

President José Mulino said Panama's sovereignty over the world's second busiest waterway is not up for discussion.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told Panama’s president that the country must reduce Chinese influence over the ...

China’s combination of presence, influence, and compromising relationships within Panama’s elite gives it numerous ...

Rubio, who was a senator representing Florida before Trump tapped him to ... with its effective and growing control over the Panama Canal area." Trump has complained that China exerts control ...

Donald Trump has long been fixated on the Panama Canal, a crucial shipping route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He has railed against rising tolls on American ships (though the increases ...

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

Rubio said there would have to be “immediate changes” to how the U.S. operates with the canal. “Secretary Rubio informed President Mulino and Minister Martínez-Acha today in Panama City to ...

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal, the world's second ... and Alejandra Ceballos in Mexico City, Marianna Parraga in Houston and Elida ...

President Donald Trump cannot take the Panama Canal — at least not legally — as he would be violating every single treaty ...