Panama has owned and administered the Panama Canal for nearly three decades. President Trump wants to change that to counter growing Chinese influence in Latin America.

Panama has reportedly submitted a formal letter to the U.N. rejecting Trump's statement about reclaiming the canal. The country's President José Raúl Mulino said in the letter, dated January 20, that the canal "is and will continue to be Panama's," the New York Times reported.

In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump repeated his plan to regain control of the Panama Canal. Can he?

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Temperatures were below 30 degrees when Fetterman arrived at Capitol Hill for the swearing-in ceremony of Trump and Vance More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — and 25 years after the canal was returned to Panama by the US — the Panama Canal faces renewed intimidation from US President Donald Trump.

Panama City, Panama - Recent People in Panama City have firmly dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to retake the Panama Canal, calling his claims "nonsense" and saying such a move even risks world peace.

US President Donald Trump's threat to seize the Panama Canal over alleged undue Chinese influence may really be aimed at limiting Beijing's growing diplomatic and economic presence in Latin America, experts say.

MEXICO CITY — President Trump said Monday that the United States would reassert control over the Panama Canal, the strategic, U.S.-built waterway that Washington handed over to the Panamanian ...

Here’s where Kansas and Missouri come into play: On Thursday, The Washington Post reported that Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt will introduce a resolution backing Trump’s plan. And Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall is a co-sponsor. “This is an opportunity, I think, for Panama to do the right thing,” Schmitt told The Post.

Often called one of the seven modern wonders of the world, the Panama Canal splits the continents of North and South America and launched a new era in global commerce when it opened in 1914.