ARRAIJÁN, Panama — In the mounting fight between the United States and China for influence over the Panama Canal, the newest battleground stands by the side of a highway here, crumbling behind orange ...

The Panama Canal is in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs with him pledging in his inaugural address to take it over due to Chinese influence. As a result, Panamanian authorities have initiated an ...

The Panama Canal is an extraordinary feat of engineering. This waterway, which slices 50 miles across the isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is an artery of world trade and ...

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump reiterated threats he has made about the Panama Canal, claiming, "we're taking it back." He'd previously declared that the rates Panama charges for ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first visit to Panama yielded some concessions amid President Donald Trump’s concerns of alleged Chinese influence over the Panama Canal. After meeting with Rubio on ...

The Panama Canal, a 51-mile maritime shortcut linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is a crucial artery of global trade and a longstanding focal point of international geopolitics. Since its ...

In recent weeks, when he was president-elect, Donald Trump publicly said that Panama should return the Panama Canal to the United States and that he would not rule out using military force to reclaim ...

Panama President José Raúl Mulino on Wednesday accused U.S. President Donald Trump of lying when he said in his Tuesday address to a joint session of Congress that his administration was "reclaiming" ...

In a joint address to Congress, Trump said his administration has "already started" working to gain control of the canal that connects the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Oceans. "Just today, a large ...

Brent is a Senior Research Fellow for Naval Warfare and Advanced Technology in the Allison Center for National Security. As China prepares its response to U.S. efforts to regain control of the Panama ...