(The Hill) – Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino says his nation intends to maintain control of the Panama Canal, after President Trump re-upped his intent to take control of the strategic waterway ...

The Panama Canal Authority plans to move ahead with construction and concession of two new port terminals, with an estimated investment of $2.6 billion.

Canal chief Ricaurte Vásquez Morales says the sweeping 10-year plan will expand capacity, diversify operations and safeguard the waterway against climate disruptions.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that U.S. and Panama officials would sign a “framework” agreement allowing U.S. warships to travel “first and free” through the Panama Canal. Hegseth ...

Chinese antitrust regulators are investigating a US consortium’s deal for two ports in the Panama Canal zone, reportedly delaying the deal’s closing that was originally set for next week. President ...

Since returning to office, President Trump has made repeated claims that China operates the Panama Canal and threatened to take it back from the Panama Canal Authority, which has controlled it since ...

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday rejected U.S. claims that American warships and boats can transit the Panama Canal without paying a standard fee. In a weekly news conference, Mulino ...

Panama President José Raúl Mulino rejected negotiations over ownership of the Panama Canal, in the face of President Trump’s fixation on the U.S. retaking the trade waterway. “It’s impossible. I can’t ...

President Donald Trump says he wants the U.S. to take back control of the Panama Canal. The Canal has been dubbed the greatest engineering feat in human history. It's also (perhaps less favorably) ...

President Donald Trump is dispatching Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week to Central America for his first international travel as America’s top diplomat. The trip will take him to Panama, El ...

A Panama Canal cruise checks a lot of boxes for senior travelers: itineraries promise warm weather, a culturally-rich region and one of the world's great engineering spectacles. Most cruises are ...

Deforestation rates in Panama are set to show a decline as the Central American nation ramps up its efforts to stop the illegal logging of forests largely driven by the expansion of agriculture, ...