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 ...

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama ... 11 miles were built before the project was defeated by engineering ...

Trump Is a Man With a Panama Canal Plan It should come as no surprise that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first stop on his first official trip this weekend will be in Panama, a nation that ...

America must project strength abroad — owning and operating the Panama Canal might be an important step towards a stronger America and a more secure globe.” Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ...

PANAMA CITY — Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal, and he hopes U.S. Secretary of State Marco ...

President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to regain U.S. ownership of the Panama ... the canal. In his Senate confirmation hearing, he said that Beijing, through the expansion ...

WisDOT holds first in-person public meeting to discuss I-41 expansion project Musk says ... Vice Chair Trump reiterates threat to retake Panama Canal ‘or something very powerful’ will happen ...

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal ... completed construction of the canal in the early 20th century, a project begun by France that cost ...

Louis Sola, President Donald Trump's newly appointed head of the Federal Maritime Commission, tells CNBC that no-bid contracts give China an unfair advantage at the Panama Canal and nearby ports ...