PANAMA CITY — Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panama’s president Sunday that the status quo at the Panama Canal is “unacceptable” and, absent “immediate changes,” would require the ...

The U.S. abrogated its right to intervene in Panama in the 1930s. By the 1970s, with its administrative costs sharply increasing, Washington spent years negotiating with Panama to cede control of ...

who had threatened that Washington would take control of the waterway to protect it from China's control. However, Panama denies that Beijing controls the vital shipping route. Pentagon chief ...

The U.S. abrogated its right to intervene in Panama in the 1930s. By the 1970s, with its administrative costs sharply increasing, Washington spent years negotiating with Panama to cede control of ...

During a visit to Panama on April 9, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declared that Washington “will not allow China to threaten the security or operations of the canal,” as quoted by AFP.

Washington turned control over 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. After Trump's ...

Ben Schreckinger/POLITICO Interviews with 10 current and former officials in Panama and Washington ahead of Rubio’s first foreign trip as Trump’s chief diplomat, as well as four days on the ...

The delegation led by Shashi Tharoor is headed back to the US after travelling to Guyana, Panama, Colombia and Brazil and ...

Washington relinquished control of the waterway to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999, under a treaty signed in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter. “The only thing that I want is to clear all the garbage from ...

The president of Panama sought to pour cold water on President-elect Donald Trump’s musings that the United States should take back the Panama Canal due to “ridiculous” and “unfair ...

PANAMA CITY, July 1 (Reuters ... reporting by Diego Ore in Mexico City and Kanishka Singh and Andrea Shalal in Washington; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle; Editing by Anthony Esposito and Christopher ...

Speaking to reporters shortly before boarding his flight back to Washington, Hegseth said: "We certainly respect the sovereignty of the Panamanians and the Panama Canal." He expressed gratitude ...