Despite media claims about Panama’s “economic miracle,” underlying the strikes and protests are obscene levels of social ...

The Panama Canal is an engineering marvel. But a modern effort to save the critical waterway amid droughts could exact a high ...

Panama’s location between two continents and two oceans explains why it’s a geopolitical hot spot, and why it has so many ...

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

The US will deploy troops along the Panama Canal for training, exercises and "other activities" under a joint deal that stops short of allowing the US to build bases in Panama but is still a major ...

On the latest episode of The President’s Inbox, Jim sat down with Will Freeman, fellow for Latin America studies at the Council, to discuss President Donald Trump’s effort to reassert U.S. influence ...

Larry Fink is going full throttle to complete its mega deal to purchase 43 ports including two on the Panama Canal – but ...

Decades after the United States invaded Panama in 1989, Samuel Castañeda says the sounds and smells of that night – armored tanks rumbling, houses b ...

“find yourself a job in the Panama Canal.” Nautical-themed decorations in Captain Hallax’s home. At the time, that dream was out of reach. The U.S. Canal Zone was a mostly forbidden fantasy ...

A cargo ship transits through Panama Canal locks - Copyright AFP/File MARTIN BERNETTI A cargo ship transits through Panama Canal locks - Copyright AFP/File MARTIN ...

Panama will also have to agree to any deployments ... despite the decades-long US occupation of the canal zone and US invasion 35 years ago to overthrow dictator Manuel Noriega.

It lies in the same time zone as Chicago, thus no jet lag for most Americans, and boasts a rich, cosmopolitan history because of the canal. And Panama is home to 1,000 species of birds ...