The secretary of state said the United States could take steps to “protect its rights.” Panama’s leader said he was sure that ...

“There’s very little wiggle room, absent a second U.S. invasion of Panama, to retake control of the Panama Canal in practical terms,” said Benjamin Gedan, director of the Latin America ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio embarks soon on his inaugural trip as the United States’ top diplomat. His first stop, Panama ...

While threats of tariffs against China, Mexico and Canada have dominated headlines early on in President Donald Trump's second term, a conflict over control of the Panama Canal has become the next ...

Security officers stand during a ceremony to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the United States ceding control of the Panama Canal to Panama, in Panama City on Dec. 31. (Aris Martinez/Reuters ...

Mr. Trump’s threat to revisit the terms of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties (1978), which eventually ceded control of the Panama Canal to Panama ... rushed across the room here to tell me that ...

PANAMA CITY ... "no real threat of retaking the canal or the use of force." Speaking on behalf of Trump, who has demanded that the canal be returned to U.S. control, Rubio told Mulino that ...

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump reaffirmed his Day 1 promise to seize control of the Panama Canal to counter China's alleged growing influence in the region. The president told reporters ...

Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday ruled out discussing control over the Panama Canal in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is set to visit the Central American ...

“There’s very little wiggle room, absent a second U.S. invasion of Panama, to retake control of the Panama Canal in practical terms,” Gedan said. The Associated Press contributed to this repor ...

Security officers attend a ceremony Dec. 31 in Panama City to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the United States' ceding control of the Panama Canal to Panama in 1999. (Aris Martinez/Reuters) The ...