A team from NPR's All Things Considered went to Panama to report on the canal there, which has gained attention in recent months due to President Trump's comments about the U.S. taking control of it.

In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

Steve Bannon and others in Trump's orbit weigh in on the U.S. president's recent actions and what it could mean for Canada's future.

It's hard to know how serious Donald Trump is about his proposal for the US to take over Gaza, but one thing is certain: he has a history of using bluster to cut deals.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino in Panama over the weekend, State Department ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino Sunday amid his first overseas trip, as the ...

PANAMA CITY — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting Panama’s president Sunday on the opening stop of his first foreign trip as America’s top diplomat as President Donald Trump ...

By the 1960s, though, with anti-imperialist sentiment ascendent, Panama wanted its land back. In 1977, US president Jimmy Carter signed a treaty to hand over control of the canal and the Zone ...

suggest there remains room to strike a deal that reaffirms American preeminence here and rolls back China’s presence without contesting Panama’s control of the canal. They also point to a high ...

"That is done. The canal belongs to Panama." Mulino apparently claimed confusion over control of the canal was attributed to his predecessor, who severed ties with Taiwan and established ...

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama, in 1999, as "a foolish gift that should have never been made". Trump also ...

So it felt like a different country right there in between Panama's two most important cities. Which of course led to tensions.” Frustration at the US’ control of the Canal Zone led to large ...