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 Trump administration is framing the President’s vow to take back the Panama Canal as an economic investment, not “imperialistic expansion." ...

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

Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others ...

In recent years the operation of the Panama Canal has been increasingly affected by changes in rainfall, and some data ...

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

The region has long been neglected in Washington, but a “Monroe 2.0” foreign policy could backfire for the US.

Panama last month celebrated the 110th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal, which in its day was one of the most expensive and dangerous infrastructure endeavors ever undertaken.

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

Supporters of the move believe USAID was poorly managed and wasting taxpayers' money, with White House Press Secretary ...

“Control of strategic chokepoints like the Panama Canal is probably among China’s goals,” said Will Freeman, Fellow for Latin ...

Conservative President José Raúl Mulino wanted to work with Trump from day one. Now he’s trying to stop a U.S. takeover of ...