Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama ...

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

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the assertion of the State Department that Panama “has agreed to no longer ...

S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the Central American ally must ...

reassumption of American control over the Panama Canal Zone is on the agenda. With Panama refusing to back down, a struggle to control this key trade, security and immigration chokepoint appears ...

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 ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a warning to Panama President José Raúl Mulino about the Panama Canal, saying the current status of the trade route is “unacceptable.” ...

Native Panamanians were removed from the Canal Zone, which had been the most populous part of Panama, in part to make conditions more "hygienic", and it became effectively a US colony. This was a ...

President Donald Trump reiterated his vow to “take back” the Panama Canal on Sunday, warning of “powerful” US action in an escalating diplomatic dispute with the Central American country ...

Rubio says Trump sees status quo at Panama Canal as unacceptable Sovereignty over the canal is not up for discussion, Mulino says U.S. believes China's influence violates neutrality treaty Rubio ...

By the 1960s, though, with anti-imperialist sentiment ascendent, Panama wanted its land back. In 1977, US president Jimmy Carter signed a treaty to hand over control of the canal and the Zone ...