Of the many sweeping changes President Trump has been focused on during his return to the White House is control over the Panama Canal. Since winning the 2024 election, Trump has mused over ...

The Panama Canal Repurchase Act, introduced by Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) in Congress, has brought renewed attention to the Panama Canal’s status. The proposed legislation, supported by ...

For the more outdoorsy traveler looking to avoid the crowds, Soberania, Camino de Cruces and Chagres national parks all offer hiking trails along the basin of the canal. Visitors can take a taxi ...

Panama is one of the U.S.’ closest allies in Latin America, but, since December, President Donald Trump has said he wants to take the Panama Canal back from it, arguing in social media posts and ...

The attempt, led by the famed developer of the Suez Canal Ferdinand de Lesseps, all but bankrupted France. Failing to reach terms with Colombia to build a US canal, then US President Theodore ...

Born from “gunboat diplomacy,” the Panama Canal is under threat from US saber rattling once again. More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and ...

Traffic through the Panama Canal is slow and there are no alternatives, Ortega underlined Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Monday launched the blueprints for a 445-kilometer long canal through ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence Monday that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control fed nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the ...

President Donald Trump on Monday cast himself as a peacemaker in his second inaugural address, but immediately vowed that the United States would be "taking back" the Panama Canal. Trump issued ...

President Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill are working to translate his recent complaints about the Panama Canal into legislative action. Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri), an early supporter ...

"Above all, China is operating the Panama Canal, and we didn't give it to China, we gave it to Panama. And we're taking it back," Trump said after being sworn in inside the US Capitol. Panama ...

Señor Trump has begun his second term as US president, vowing in his inaugural address to “take back” the Panama Canal ... conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa first saw the “South ...