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 ...

Rarely do Panamanians unite on political topics, but threats to the ownership of the canal go to the heart of national ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rubio Says Trump’s Interest in Greenland and Panama Canal Is Legit and Driven by China Concerns WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump’s desire to ...

PANAMA CITY — Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal, and he hopes U.S. Secretary of State Marco ...

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal, the world's second ... Morland and Alejandra Ceballos in Mexico City, Marianna Parraga in Houston and ...