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 ...

A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and ...

Panama is in danger of becoming a case study of how an American hard-power win could become a soft-power loss. America did ...

Reea Joy Marquez, a 30-year-old mother of two, has weathered life's challenges using strength gained from self-expression ...

Rarely do Panamanians unite on political topics, but threats to the ownership of the canal go to the heart of national ...

"All the while, the Chinese Communist Party uses diplomatic and economic leverage — such as at the Panama Canal — to oppose the U.S. and turn sovereign nations into vassal states.” ...

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 ...

Rubio Visiting Central America With the Panama Canal and Immigration Top of Mind PANAMA CITY (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on his first foreign trip in office, arriving in Central ...

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama, in 1999, as "a foolish gift that should have never been made". Trump also ...

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 ...

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 ...