Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and ...

The United States will "take back" the Panama Canal from Chinese influence, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on ...

But experts acknowledge U.S. security concerns, particularly regarding espionage, with an expansive Chinese commercial ...

(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, and Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte ...

Capt. Efraín Hallax, 73, has been steering vessels through the canal, and he has seen it all, from a dictator’s fall to the ...

The Panama Canal remains one of the most crucial trade routes in the world, and the U.S. has a long history of involvement in ...

(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, and Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte ...

The backdrop — a towering bridge with cargo ships loitering in the distance ... troop presence here alongside the Panamanians ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, and Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte Vasquez, second from right, cross a bridge during a tour of the Panama Canal's Miraflores Locks in ...

with an expansive Chinese commercial presence in Panama that also includes plans by Chinese firms to build a bridge over the canal. "China has never been involved in the management and operation ...