A Panama court has agreed to review the concession granted to a Hong Kong-based firm to operate ports on either end of the ...

Donald Trump’s threat to take back control of the Panama Canal harks back to decades of US intervention in Latin America.

Since returning to office, President Trump has made repeated claims that China operates the Panama Canal and threatened to ...

The Panama Canal crisis isn’t over yet, and it may be only the first stage of a wider conflict about whether the U.S. can contain China’s control of the world’s commercial maritime logistics network.

Panama - January 26, 2025 Twenty-five years after its return to Panama, the Panama Canal, an artificial waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, continues to play a pivotal role in the ...

A team from NPR's All Things Considered went to Panama to report on the canal there, which has gained attention in recent months due to President Trump's comments about the U.S. taking control of it.

China trade tensions as Trump's policies and Chinese investments force regional leaders to choose economic allegiances ...

President Trump has thrown down the gauntlet to the Panamanian government-threatening to retake the canal, by force if ...

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 recent years the operation of the Panama Canal has been increasingly affected by changes in rainfall, and some data ...

Thanks to deregulatory, laissez faire maritime policy, the U.S. has abandoned the oceans, allowing China and foreign shipping ...

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