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 ...

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

Panamanian leader questions intention of those who signed 2017 deal and addresses concerns about Beijing’s investment in ...

Panama’s President Raúl Mulino criticized as an “intolerable” falsehood the US State Department’s claim that the Central American nation had agreed to no longer charge fees for US government ships ...

The State Administration for Market Regulation initiated the investigation into the internet search giant after the US ...

President Mulino added that Panama would not renew a 2017 memorandum of understanding to join China’s overseas development ...

The authorities could allow the country’s currency, the peso, to weaken against the dollar, effectively making its exports ...

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 ...

PANAMA CITY — President Trump’s top diplomat makes his first trip overseas this weekend, heading to Central America to drive home the message that the U.S. expects cooperation in its mass ...

The canal handles about 5% of the world's maritime ... The resulting Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gave the US a 50-mile by 10-mile section of Panama, which split the country in half.

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 concern that Panama's government has to deal with, Mauricio Claver-Carone, the U.S. special envoy for ...