The Panama Canal has recently become a focal point of controversy due to President Donald J. Trump's claims about unfair toll rates and Chinese control. Are these concerns valid? Let's unpack the ...

Panama’s independence from Colombia in 1903 is linked to the interoceanic canal. After the failure of French Count Ferdinand de Lesseps to open a canal in the isthmus, the United States promoted the ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reclaim the Panama Canal if it doesn’t reduce tolls for American ships and accused China of being behind the waterway’s operations. Here are five key ...

A post on X claims that the U.S. never “owned” the Panama Canal. The U.S. signed a treaty in 1903 that allowed it to build and operate the Canal. President Jimmy Carter gave control back to Panama in ...

In the first speech of his second term, President Donald Trump denounced a deal made decades ago, when the U.S. turned over the Panama Canal to the country for which it's named. “We have been treated ...

A group of workers digging during the construction of the Panama Canal in Panama, circa 1910. In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump reiterated threats he has made about the Panama Canal, ...

In his first speech to a joint session of Congress in his second term, Trump once again threatened to annex the Panama Canal. Juan González, co-host of Democracy Now!, fact-checks some of the lies ...

Oct 22 - Panamanians vote in a referendum on Sunday to approve or reject an ambitious $5.25 billion plan to expand the famous Panama Canal to allow it to handle larger cargo ships. Here are some facts ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio brought a warning to Panamanian leader José Raúl Mulino on Sunday: Immediately reduce what President Donald Trump says is Chinese influence over ...

Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal and accusing the country of ceding control of the critical waterway ...

Average auction prices to pass the canal have nearly tripled as carriers hedge against the Iran war, with one company paying $4 million to cross the canal.

May 3 (Reuters) - Panamanians vote in a presidential election on Sunday. Here are some facts about the country. * The Panama Canal, a 50-mile (80 km) man-made waterway joining the Atlantic and Pacific ...