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 is talking up American efforts to work with Panama to safeguard ... reflected a change in the administration’s strategy around the canal. “Together we will ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats from China but that together the United States and Panama will keep it secure. Hegseth’s remarks triggered a ...