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 ...

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 (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 Latin ...

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 ...