In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

President Trump has thrown down the gauntlet to the Panamanian government-threatening to retake the canal, by force if ...

The Trump administration is framing the President’s vow to take back the Panama Canal as an economic investment, not “imperialistic expansion." ...

Panama is in danger of becoming a case study of how an American hard-power win could become a soft-power loss. America did ...

In recent years the operation of the Panama Canal has been increasingly affected by changes in rainfall, and some data ...

The Trump administration needs to figure out the proper balance between coercion and diplomacy, and how it affects ...

Rarely do Panamanians unite on political topics, but threats to the ownership of the canal go to the heart of national ...

The president claims Chinese soldiers are working in the canal. That’s nonsense.

Panama last month celebrated the 110th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal, which in its day was one of the most expensive and dangerous infrastructure endeavors ever undertaken.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has embarked on his first foreign trip in office, arriving in Central America. He arrived in Panama on Saturday to press President Donald Trump’s top priority — curbing ...

"All the while, the Chinese Communist Party uses diplomatic and economic leverage — such as at the Panama Canal — to oppose the U.S. and turn sovereign nations into vassal states.” ...

One of the greatest engineering feats ever, the Panama Canal opened for business in 1914, creating a much-needed shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Travelling from one side of the ...