meaning the U.S. has strategic reasons to keep its relationship with the Central American nation friendly. Panama is also a U.S. partner on stopping illegal immigration from South America ...

President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested the United States take over the Panama Canal, a shipping waterway that cuts across Central America, unless fees for using the canal are lowered.

Trump described Cabrera as "a fierce fighter for America ... over the Panama Canal, which it administered for decades before handing over to Panama in 1999. Trump said the Central American ...

President Trump spoke loudly and swung a big stick in Panama’s direction, and it produced instantaneous results on Sunday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the small Central American ...

The expanded canal has reaped billions of dollars for Panama and helped the country become a rare bastion of stability in Central America where other nations are beset by poverty and violent drug ...

His research focuses on Central America and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 2023, on a research trip to Panama, I booked a day tour of the Panama Canal. I expected to hear the ...