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 ...

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

Panama President José Raúl Mulino and the canal's operator denied the State Department’s claim that the country would allow U ...

The Trump administration is framing the President’s vow to take back the Panama Canal as an economic investment, not “imperialistic expansion." ...

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

Panama's president says the State Department's claim of an agreement granting U.S. warships free canal passage was "based on ...

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

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

China's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it had formally complained to the U.S. over what it called 'irresponsible' remarks ...

“Above all, China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back,” Trump claimed in his inaugural speech last month. There ...