In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and ...

The president claims Chinese soldiers are working in the canal. That’s nonsense.

Marco Rubio forced into embarrassing walk back on Panama Canal claim - Marco Rubio claimed Panama had agreed to stop charging ...

The State Department said Wednesday that "U.S. government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees." ...

The Panama Canal Authority put out its own terse statement saying it had “not made any adjustments” to the fees.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused exclusively on issues close to his ...

Trump has risked sparking diplomatic crises and economic turmoil with his threats of tariffs and talk of purchasing foreign ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the Central American ally must ...

Trump says that he’s “serious as a heart attack” when he promises to impose tariffs on everyone, including a 25% tariff on ...

When US President Donald Trump threatened to "take back" the Panama Canal in his inauguration speech last week, Panamanians were reminded of American imperialism of old. For most of the 20th ...