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

Panama's president has denied claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that America is literally retaking the canal.

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

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 ...

Image The bridge of a ship traversing the Panama Canal at night. “Sometimes there is friction with some of the captains,” he said of the power transfer. “It’s like asking someone for his ...

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

(CNN) — Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and its namesake canal that joins the Atlantic to the ...