The US military carried out small-scale survival and jungle combat drills on Panama's Caribbean coast Wednesday, as ...

A senior Panamanian official said on Monday that Panama will remain flexible and potentially reach an agreement with CK Hutchison as the Latin American country navigates the geopolitical rivalry ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday that someone at the U.S. Embassy has been threatening to ...

Will Freeman, fellow for Latin America studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss President Donald Trump’s calls for the United States to retake control of the Panama Canal. Welcome to ...

The critical waterway has a complex history. Why does Trump want it back? And what does China have to do with it?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military had struck another boat suspected of carrying drugs in the Caribbean, ...

UNITED NATIONS — The United States and China clashed over the Panama Canal at the United Nations on Monday, with the U.S. warning that Beijing’s influence over the key waterway could threaten global ...

U.S. troops will be allowed to deploy in areas adjacent to the Panama Canal, according to an agreement signed between the two nations—a significant concession to President Donald Trump, who has been ...

Prior to the origination of the plans for the Panama Canal vessels of trade had few options of getting goods from Europe and Asia to N. America. One was to sail around the southern tip of South ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. 1) The Panama Canal is a chokepoint for global trade. Today, the canal handles 5 ...