The President accused China of “lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal.” The truth is more complicated.

Vessels able to fit through the Panama Canal were known to shipbuilders as ... sandy terrain at sea level. The French project became an “abysmal failure”, Julie Greene, author of The ...

When US President Donald Trump threatened to "take back" the Panama Canal in his inauguration speech last week, Panamanians were reminded of American imperialism of old. For most of the 20th ...

Panama has vehemently denied claims made by the US on Thursday that its government vessels would have free passage through the Panama Canal, calling the US claims “lies and falsehoods”.