Trump is right to lament the lives lost for the creation of the canal. They were mostly Black Caribbean migrant workers, ...

The Tuesday hearing delved into security issues and foreign influence on the foremost maritime channel connecting the ...

US President Donald Trump aims to reclaim the Panama Canal, alleging Panama broke a neutrality pledge and that China controls ...

A key focus of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Central America this week — his first trip as America’s top diplomat ...

Nonetheless, Trump’s bet is to not have to pursue military conquest in the Athenian way. He would rather have a complacent ...

Panama’s control of the canal that bears its name should not be returned to the United States despite President Donald ...

The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s ...

Often called one of the seven modern wonders of the world, the Panama Canal splits the continents of North and South America ...

By Sarah Morland, Marianna Parraga (Reuters) -Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal, the world's second busiest interoceanic waterway, spurring ...

In May of 1904, the U.S. took formal control over the canal property. Through American engineering prowess and determination, the Panama project was completed in 1914. The project was the single most ...

About 5,600 out of 56,000 workers are believed to have died from injury or disease during the U.S. phase of construction, according to the Panama Canal Authority, most of whom were from the Caribbean.

The Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty signed in 1903 gave the United States the right to build and manage the Panama Canal. Construction began in 1904 after a failed attempt by a French construction team ...