Trump's canal claims would undermine U.S.-Panama relations, boost China's influence, and revive regional tensions, harming ...

Lack of surveillance (recon assets) to patrol infrastructure and fishing grounds. The Coast Guard needs more sea eyes.

President Trump has stated that America will retake possession of the Panama Canal due to the influence of Chinese control ...

President Trump’s threat to retake the canal came out of the blue, inflaming Panamanians. But Trump’s view is nothing new.

The new Secretary of State already has said the Hong Kong-based operator of Panama Canal-adjacent ports could be a "big ...

Many Latin American countries are trying to distance themselves from Beijing. But in response to President Trump’s sweeping ...

Panama has owned and administered the Panama Canal for nearly three decades. President Trump wants to change that to counter ...

They say they fought too hard to wrest it from the U.S. to now hand back the waterway, which is part of the nation’s identity.

Tensions between the U.S. and China have been rising for some time now, and Rubio's appointment has widely been seen as a ...

Former CIA Senior Operations Officer Rick de la Torre says it’s in Panama’s best economic and security interest for the United States to take back control of the Panama Canal. He also talks about ...

The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution and is enforced by the autonomous Panama Canal Authority.

Rubio will depart on his first foreign trip to visit countries in Central America that may be vital for carrying out the Trump administration's mass deportation plans.