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 Trump has thrown down the gauntlet to the Panamanian government-threatening to retake the canal, by force if ...

In 2017, newly inaugurated Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free trade deal signed by ...

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama, in 1999, as "a foolish gift that should have never been made". Trump also ...

Marco Rubio heads Saturday to Panama ... the Panama Canal. Rubio's travel comes the same day that Trump's promised tariffs on the three largest US trading partners — Canada, Mexico and China ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China's presence around the Panama Canal is a national security concern that Panama's government has to deal with, Mauricio Claver-Carone, the U.S. special envoy for Latin ...

José Raúl Mulino is set to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday when the two will visit the Panama Canal. NBC Universal, Inc. Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland and retake control of the Panama Canal is driven by legitimate national security ...