It even fights climate change because it allows ships to save fuel, reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. The American Society of Civil Engineers rates the Panama Canal as one of the modern ...

Capt. Efraín Hallax, 73, has been steering vessels through the canal, and he has seen it all, from a dictator’s fall to the ...

Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to ... by those who can afford it. Panama’s comptroller authority said Monday an ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Panama next week to meet its leaders following recent U.S. allegations of ...

Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American ...

Panama said on Wednesday the United States recognized its sovereignty over the Panama Canal, despite tough rhetoric from ...

US President Donald Trump has vowed to “take back” the US-built canal to counter what he sees as China’s disproportionate influence over the key waterway – which it handed over to Panama ...

The Trump administration has made the security of the canal, built by the U.S. more than a century ago, a top priority for ...

FILE -- Ships crossing the Gatún locks in the Panama Canal, July 10, 2024. To imagine the kind of future a hotter, dryer climate may bring, and the geopolitical challenges it will create, look no ...