Panama and the US appear to have agreed to let American warships use the Panama Canal, effectively for free. But beneath the agreement is an ongoing threat to Panamanian sovereignty over the use of ...

The Trump administration has made the security of the canal, built by the U.S. more than a century ago, a top priority for ...

Hegseth, who was in Panama on Tuesday to meet with its government officials, spoke from a new U.S.-financed pier at the Vasco Nuñez de Balboa Naval Base on the canal. He said Beijing would not be ...

"We certainly respect the sovereignty of the Panamanians," the U.S. defense secretary said before departing the country back to Washington.

Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American ...

Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and ...

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Panama says the U.S. government has recognized the country’s sovereignty over the Panama Canal, but it’s unclear if ...

Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte Vasquez, left, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center, and Southcom ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Mulino during a visit in February that Trump believes China’s presence in the canal ...

The defence secretary said the US will not allow China or any other country to threaten the canal’s operation.