PANAMA CITY, Panama—When President Theodore Roosevelt formulated plans for the Panama Canal, there was no Panama. The country was still part of the Republic of Colombia despite bouts of on-again ...

The American Society of Civil Engineers recognizes the Panama Canal as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. With its complex series of locks and massive scale, this man-made connection ...

1) The Panama Canal is a chokepoint for global trade. Today, the canal handles 5 percent of all maritime trade and 40 percent of all U.S. container ship traffic. It was originally built by the U.S ...

The Panama Canal runs on fresh water, which it obtains from the artificial lakes of Gatun and Alhajuela. For every ship that passes through, some 200 million liters of fresh water are discharged ...

Panama has unequivocally rejected a proposal from the United States to establish military bases on its territory, asserting its sovereignty over the Panama Canal and dismissing claims of foreign ...

The Panama Canal has been a focal point of President Trump's broadside against China since his inaugural speech, and it's getting new focus as Beijing looks at alternatives to trading with the U.S.

FRANCO BRANA/AFP PANAMA CITY — Panama said on Wednesday the United States recognized its sovereignty over the Panama Canal, despite tough rhetoric from Washington, as the two countries announced ...

USAID, now shut down, was instrumental in various global initiatives, including forest preservation around the Panama Canal. The agency pioneered the Famine Early Warning System, a crucial tool ...

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Wednesday urged the United States to stop smearing China by stoking up the Panama Canal-related issues, saying no amount of lies can cover up the U.S ...

In a statement, the Central American country's leading institution of higher learning said the goal of U.S. government interference was to "supervise" the Panama Canal. Earlier this month ...