In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

Panama last month celebrated the 110th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal, which in its day was one of the most expensive and dangerous infrastructure endeavors ever undertaken.

President Donald Trump is a man with a plan for the canal, namely to force Panama to limit China’s influence on the vital 50-mile shortcut between the Atlantic and the Pacific or risk the United ...

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

Panama Canal Authority says ready to hold a dialogue with Washington, DC, regarding transit of American wartime vessels.

Part of his justification for American ownership of the Panama Canal is that the U.S. “spent more money than ever spent on a ...

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama ... attempt to build a canal between 1881 and 1889; 11 miles were built ...

When US President Donald Trump threatened to "take back" the Panama Canal in his inauguration ... that 38,000 lives had been lost during the canal's construction. “Around 5,000 people died ...

José Raúl Mulino is set to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday when the two will visit the Panama Canal. NBC Universal, Inc. Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - China's presence around the Panama Canal is a national security ... people have died in a fire in a hotel resort construction site in South Korea's port city of ...

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. Mulino’s remarks come ...