Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American ...

Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and ...

Panama says the U.S. government has recognized the country’s sovereignty over the Panama Canal, but it’s unclear if ...

Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte Vasquez, left, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center, and Southcom ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged that the Trump administration would “take back” the Panama Canal from “China’s influence” on Tuesday during a visit to the key shipping lane.

Hegseth is first US defense secretary to visit in decades Panama ... canal in a Black Hawk helicopter after meeting U.S. troops and Panamanian security forces. He also toured the Miraflores lock ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats from China but that together the United States and Panama will keep it secure. Hegseth’s remarks triggered a ...

The cause? Drought. The Panama Canal is an artificial waterway around 82 kilometres long with locks that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean for shipping, saving it the much longer ...