The 1903 agreement between the U.S. and Panama granted the U.S. control of the Canal Zone, but not ownership, as Panama ...

Something very powerful is going to happen,” Trump warned from Washington, casting a shadow over Rubio’s diplomatic mission ...

There is, it turns out, a little examined strain of history that provides a fresh way to understand his instincts. Hidden in ...

The critical waterway has a complex history. Why does Trump want it back? And what does China have to do with it?

China has said it plays no part in operating the canal and that it respects Panama's sovereignty and independence over the waterway. "Never ever has China interfered," Chinese Foreign Ministry ...

A Senate panel on Jan. 28 took aim at China’s involvement with operations at the Panama Canal and examined President Donald ...

PANAMA CITY - The Trump administration's top diplomat Marco Rubio began his first foreign visit in Panama on Sunday, where he ...

The United States built the canal, one of the engineering marvels of the day, after helping Panama achieve independence from Colombia. Roosevelt the nationalist envisioned the canal as an ...

The United States began building the canal in 1904, the year after Panama gained independence from Colombia with U.S. support. The project was completed in 1914 as part of efforts to cut the transit ...

After supporting Panamanian independence from Colombia, the U.S. took over construction from the French in 1904, excavated over 240 million cubic yards of earth and opened the canal in 1914.

Rubio played the role of the good cop, clearly articulating U.S. interests in a Panama Canal free from Chinese domination and promising economic cooperation in return.

President Donald Trump has refused to rule out military coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, and he suggested ...