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 ...

President Donald Trump has made repeated claims that China “operates” the Panama Canal in recent weeks and has threatened to ...

Panama may be the first subject of Trump’s geopolitical sabre-rattling with China, but it will certainly not be the last.

In recent years the operation of the Panama Canal has been increasingly affected by changes in rainfall, and some data ...

The number of vessels that passed through the Panama Canal, the world's second busiest waterway, fell to an average of 32.6 ...

China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a briefing that China 'firmly opposes the US smearing and undermining the ...

Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama ...

Here’s where they’ve been seen Aerial view of Florida. A region in the Florida Keys recorded ... particularly after he found ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the assertion of the State Department that Panama “has agreed to no longer ...

(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool) A cargo ship sails next to the Panama Canal’s Balboa port, operated by the Panama Ports Company, in Panama City, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) ...

"All the while, the Chinese Communist Party uses diplomatic and economic leverage — such as at the Panama Canal — to oppose the U.S. and turn sovereign nations into vassal states.” ...

Panama City will host four Community Redevelopment Agency meetings between February and March. Each meeting will focus on one of the city's four CRA districts, allowing residents to give feedback ...