When the region experiences droughts, as it did in 2023–2024, the resulting water shortages can lead to increasing water ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has credited Panama President José Raúl Mulino with improving security cooperation ...

Since the Panama Canal connected the Atlantic Ocean to ... Yet, this critical route now faces a new threat: climate change. The opening of the canal’s locks releases millions of gallons of ...

Panama’s comptroller authority says an audit found irregularities in the renewal of a 25-year port concession in the ...

The United States will take back the Panama Canal from Chinese influence, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday ...

It even fights climate change because it allows ships to save fuel, reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. The American Society of Civil Engineers rates the Panama Canal as one of the modern ...

The Panama Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world, with about 7% of global trade passing through. It also ...

Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats from China, but together, the U.S. and Panama will keep ...

The United States of America will not allow Communist China, or any other country to threaten the canal’s operation or integrity,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, speaking at a ribbon cutting at ...

the U.S. government signed a treaty with newly independent Panama in 1903 to take over the project. The canal project was designed to take advantage of the region’s tropical climate and abundant ...