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 ...

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman remains in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as its crew assesses damage from a ...

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

Following Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the US needs to “ take back ” the Panama canal from Chinese control, the US ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the Central American ally must immediately reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or face ...

Donald Trump has long been fixated on the Panama Canal, a crucial shipping route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He has railed against rising tolls on American ships (though the increases ...

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 ...

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 (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland and retake control of the Panama Canal is driven by legitimate national security ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to regain U.S. ownership of the Panama Canal, which the United States ...

US senators heard sharply different analyses about Chinese influence over the Panama Canal on Wednesday, with some experts suggesting solutions ranging from enhanced trade partnerships to military ...