Panama is effectively a borderland between Central and South America, and its famous canal — built in the early 1900s — slices the country in two.

The Government of the Republic of Panama received intimation from the U. S. Government, through the Panama Commission which is in Washington for the purpose of negotiating a new treaty between the ...

Today, the problem is the People’s Republic of China, which has made strategic inroads into Panama and, for that matter, much of Latin America and the Caribbean.

China on Monday said Washington's “smear campaigns” against it are an “excuse to control” Latin America, as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Panama Canal faces “ongoing threats ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s visit to Panama this week has Latin America experts speculating that President Donald Trump’s threat to take back the Panama Canal has waned — and shifted to ...

United States President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for America to “reclaim” the Panama Canal from what he termed “China control”.

To get to Casco Viejo from the airport, you’ll travel along the iconic Pan America Highway. Along the way, you’ll see ...

China is aggressively pushing back on the Trump administration’s coercive approach in Latin America.

President Trump’s escalating rhetoric over the Panama Canal has transformed diplomatic tensions into a full-blown crisis. Trump’s assertion during his March 5 congressional address that “to ...

China is losing ground in Latin America as Mexico reviews tariff policy and an American investor group takes control of key ports near the Panama Canal.

China does not control the canal, but is working to exert growing influence in Latin America. That China would want to build partnerships in the Western Hemisphere is no surprise.