To do a deeper dive into the waterway’s history and role in the world, tourists can also head to The Canal Museum in Casco Viejo, Panama City’s old town. Famous for the museum, coffee shops ...

President Donald Trump announced a series of sweeping changes after being sworn in as the 47th U.S. President on Monday, including renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali -- and ...

“A man, a plan, a canal — Panama,” so the famous palindrome goes. Just a quick history review. The U.S. took over canal construction from the French in 1904, completing it in 1914 for $375 ...

In a column titled “The troubled history of the Panama Canal’s racial and social divide,” Dvorak explains how the legacy of the U.S.-built shipping route “includes segregation and violence.” ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting Panama in his first international trip. Here’s what to know about the Panama Canal ...

Born from “gunboat diplomacy,” the Panama Canal is under threat from US saber rattling once again. More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic ...

offers the added excitement of a Morgan Freeman-voiced IMAX film that takes you through the history of Panama and the canal itself through reenactments, detailing the 2016 expansion and explaining ...