In his first speech as America's 47th president on Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump called for the U.S. to gain control of the Panama Canal, stating, "We're taking it back." Without evidence to support his ...

PANAMA CITY — Starting this weekend, Black History Month will be in full swing, led locally by the Black Love, Art and Music Program (BLAM). Take a look at this year's Black History Month events ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - February 1st starts Black History Month. Panama City officials have teamed up with the Bay County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or ...

Born from “gunboat diplomacy,” the Panama Canal is under threat from US saber rattling once again. More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic ...

Rubio says Trump sees status quo at Panama Canal as unacceptable Sovereignty over the canal is not up for discussion, Mulino says U.S. believes China's influence violates neutrality treaty Rubio ...

In a column titled “The troubled history of the Panama Canal’s racial and social divide,” Dvorak explains how the legacy of the U.S.-built shipping route “includes segregation and violence.” ...

President Trump wants Panama to return its namesake canal to the U.S. Panama’s birth as a nation is directly linked to the U.S.’s coming of age as a young imperial power after its victory in ...

Trump's threat to take back the Panama Canal signals a new era of U.S. expansionism and the greatest attack on Central American sovereignty since the 1990s.