A multibillion-dollar expansion helped the canal accommodate king-size cargo ships. It might also be fueling ecological upheaval.

He recently challenged the government of Panama over its sovereign control of the Panama Canal, potentially reopening one of the most divisive foreign policy issues of the 20th century.

On Dec. 21, 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called for the return of the Panama Canal to the United States on Truth Social, the social media platform he owns. In one post, which had ...

Dr. Hogan teaches in the History and Literature program at Harvard University. His research focuses on Central America and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 2023, on a research ...

Traffic on the canal increased 17% between fiscal years 1999 and 2004. Panama’s voters approved a 2006 referendum authorizing a major expansion of the canal to accommodate larger, modern cargo ...

Republican lawmakers are scratching their heads over President-elect Trump’s ambitions to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal, grand plans the incoming commander in chief put back on the ...

US President-elect Donald Trump warned he might seek control of the Panama Canal unless the Central American nation lowered ...

The people don't benefit' - An estimated five percent of global maritime traffic passes through the Panama Canal, which was inaugurated in 1914 and allows ships to avoid the long, hazardous route ...

"He should first try to resolve his country's many problems and forget about the canal," Cedeno said. An estimated five percent of global maritime traffic passes through the Panama Canal ...

In a December Truth Social missive, Trump accused Panama of “ripping off” the U.S. by charging "exorbitant" fees for ships traveling through the Canal. Later remarks in Phoenix saw the ...

Panama's top political leaders held a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the return of the Panama Canal after decades of US control on Tuesday, during which Panamanian President Jose Raul ...

Panama City – Panama on Tuesday celebrated the 25th anniversary of the U.S. handover of the Panama Canal, which president-elect Donald Trump has threatened to take back. The commemoration was ...