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

Discover the harrowing true story of nearly freezing to death on Costa Rica's infamous Cerro de la Muerte (Mountain of Death) ...

China has sharply criticized a proposal to sell ports in the Panama Canal to American asset management giant BlackRock, attacking the deal as “spineless groveling” and a “betrayal” of the Chinese ...

Donald Trump has said repeatedly that he wants to “take back” the Panama Canal but has not offered specifics about how he ...

Panama's leader accused President Trump of lying in his Tuesday congressional address, where he said his administration was ...

Economic development scholar Ricardo Hausmann explains the history of the canal, Panama’s investment and development of the ...

Panama President José Raúl Mulino has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of lying when Trump said in his address to Congress ...

Fees for vessels to pass through the Panama Canal this year are 15% below last year's levels as the waterway now has more ...

But it also risks heightening tensions between the U.S. and Panama, which have tussled over Trump's claims about the Canal. Sign up here. "My administration will be reclaiming the Panama Canal ...

American asset management giant BlackRock has agreed to buy two ports at either end of the Panama Canal from a Hong Kong-based firm whose ownership had angered President Donald Trump. Trump said ...