President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested the United States take over the Panama Canal, a shipping waterway that cuts across Central America, unless fees for using the canal are lowered.

Dr. Manuel Amador the venerable President of the Republic of Panama, arrived here with his wife on the Hamburg-American liner Prinz Joachim from Colon yesterday morning on an extended vacation ...

Dr. Manuel Amador, first President of the Republic of Panama ... which permitted of the building and maintenance of the Panama Canal. Advertisement ...

Panama's president has responded to President-elect Trump's idea that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal. After Trump said Sunday that the United States ...

Washington relinquished control of the waterway to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999, under a treaty signed in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter. Trump has claimed that Carter “foolishly” gave the canal away.

Panama has suspended constitutional protections for five days in its northwestern Bocas del Toro province after two months of ...

Panama President José Raúl Mulino has a message for Secretary of State Marco Rubio ahead of his impending diplomatic visit: The Panama Canal is not up for discussion. “It’s impossible ...

“The Canal is and will remain Panama’s and its administration will remain under Panamanian control with respect to its permanent neutrality,” said Mulino. Trump’s pledge to take control of ...

Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal, and he hopes U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ...

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