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 ...

The Trump administration is framing the President’s vow to take back the Panama Canal as an economic investment, not “imperialistic expansion." ...

In recent years the operation of the Panama Canal has been increasingly affected by changes in rainfall, and some data ...

A black, massive Hong Kong-registered ship inched its way through the churning waters of the Panama Canal — guided by ...

As President Donald Trump's second administration continued its swift recasting of the federal government and American ...

Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal and accusing the ...

Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday the U.S. was spreading "lies and falsehoods" after the State Department ...

As President Donald Trump's second administration continued its swift recasting of the federal government and American ...

Panama denied a claim made by the State Department on Wednesday that the Central American nation had agreed to no longer charge fees for US government ships to ...

China looms large in President Trump’s threats of U.S. expansionism in Greenland and Panama. “China is running the Panama Canal […] and we’re going to take it back, or something very powerful is going ...

The White House ordered the C.I.A. to send an unclassified email listing employees hired in the past two years, part of the ...

Panamanians were caught off guard to find themselves at the center of President Trump's expansionist agenda. We visit the canal, attend protests and report on Rubio's message to the people of Panama.