Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama ...

Trump has repeatedly suggested the U.S. should demand the return of the Panama Canal if Panama does not reduce the fees it ...

and a $2 billion contract for a Chinese consortium to build a fourth bridge over the canal. Loading “Panama is a key gateway for influence in South America more broadly,” says Parker.

PANAMA CITY — Marco Rubio’s weekend visit to Panama is set to offer clues to a pressing question: whether the next four years ...

Panama’s small Chinese community traces its roots in the 19th century and the arrival of laborers who came to help build the railroad, then the canal, that cross the isthmus. | Ben Schreckinger ...