The United States and Panama have officially signed a new defense and security pact aimed at reinforcing control over the Panama Canal, a move that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claims is ...

Trump may want to turn back the clock on half a century of incompetent negotiation and poor deal-making, but legally, he has ...

Protesters took to the streets of Panama City Wednesday to condemn the signing of a memorandum between the U.S. and Panama ...

The Panama Canal was built on the premise that it would cut the time needed to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific. So how ...

A cargo ship transits through the Panama Canal's Cocolí Locks in Panama City, Panama, on February 21, 2025. MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP US troops will be able to deploy a string of bases along the Panama ...

A gas cargo ship sails through the Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal in Panama City, on April 8, 2025. A gas cargo ship sails through the Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal in Panama City ...

The Panama Canal will close the west lane of the Pedro Miguel lock for five days later this month for maintenance, but ...

With about 3 percent of the world’s maritime trade carried through its locks, the Panama Canal is a 24-hour operation. “Business as usual,” said Captain Hallax. “Always business as usual ...

Hegseth, the first U.S. defense secretary in decades to visit Panama, flew over the canal in a Black Hawk helicopter after ...