But he paid special attention to the Panama Canal, which he saw as ... the waters of reservoirs created to flood the locks.

The Panama Canal is a 51-mile man-made waterway with locks and reservoirs connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, saving ships from a 7,000-mile detour around Cape Horn at South America’s southern ...

The secretary of state said the United States could take steps to “protect its rights.” Panama’s leader said he was sure that ...

I saw plenty of monkeys and birds when I toured the canal, but none of the Chinese people who, Trump maintains, have grabbed control of Panama’s economic engine. Everyone staffing the locks ...

Panama’s President Raúl Mulino criticized as an “intolerable” falsehood the US State Department’s claim that the Central ...

open image in gallery US secretary of state Marco Rubio speaks with Panama Canal Authority administrator Ricaurte Vasquez during a tour at the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal in Panama City ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns Panama's President, Jose Raul Mulino, about China's influence on the Panama Canal, ...

It is now operated by the government-owned Panama Canal Authority, which recently built a new set of bigger locks, allowing the size limit for ships passing through to be expanded from so-called ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) talks to Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte ... [+] Vasquez during a tour at the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal in Panama City. In a post ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is shown touring the Miraflores lock at the Panama Canal in Panama City over the weekend [Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via Reuters] Since winning the US election in ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricuarte Vásquez, left, tour the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal in Panama City, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark ...

Visitors wave to passengers aboard a ship as it enters the Miraflores Locks while transiting the Panama Canal on Sept. 21, 2023. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images At the Miraflores Locks — where ...