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 ...

A black, massive Hong Kong-registered ship inched its way through the churning waters of the Panama Canal — guided by ...

President Trump is throwing his weight around in our hemisphere in a way we haven’t seen in a century, and it’s opening up doors.

With few options and time running out, a deal may prove to be Panama's best defense. The cost of occupying the canal may make ...

A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and ...

Mulino rejected Trump’s vow to retake the canal “in the name of the Republic of Panama and its people" in a statement Monday.

“A man, a plan, a canal ... now, the threat of a U.S. military intervention, if it was ever anything more than a pressure tactic, has faded. “I don’t think troops will be necessary in Panama ...

On Wednesday evening, the U.S. State Department said via X that “U.S. government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees, saving the U.S. government millions of dollars a ...

The canal’s two biggest ports are operated by a Hong Kong company with global reach. The Trump administration sees a Chinese ...

The Navy's decision to stay silent amid the negotiations with Panama makes it difficult to accurately determine just how much ...

"If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, and without question," Trump ...