Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American ...

The Trump administration has made the security of the canal, built by the U.S. more than a century ago, a top priority for ...

Panama City | The United States will take back the Panama Canal from Chinese influence ... Panamanians and worked to stem migration from South America by those crossing through his country ...

Perhaps the recent fuss over the Panama Canal will deliver one worthy result ... big ships to avoid long voyages around the tip of South America. It lets them take a shortcut that saves weeks ...

The US built the Panama Canal between 1904 and 1914, creating a massive waterway between the country's Pacific and Caribbean shorelines. It enabled American ships — including naval vessels ...

China on Monday said Washington's “smear campaigns” against it are an “excuse to control” Latin America, as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Panama Canal faces “ongoing threats ...

FILE -- Ships crossing the Gatún locks in the Panama Canal, July 10, 2024. To imagine the kind of future a hotter, dryer climate may bring, and the geopolitical challenges it will create, look no ...

US Recognizes Panama's Sovereignty Over Canal, Panama Says After Talks By Phil Stewart PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Panama said on Wednesday the United States recognized its sovereignty over the Panama ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned “the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats”. “The United States of America will not allow communist China or any other country to threaten the canal’s ...

After talks with Panama's government, Hegseth vowed to deepen security cooperation with Panamanian security forces and said China would not be allowed to "weaponize" the canal by using Chinese ...

Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South ... that the Panama Canal remains ...

Hegseth warned that China-based companies are controlling land and critical infrastructure in key sectors across Latin America.