Panamanian security forces and the U.S. Southern Command will conduct joint exercises from July 13 to 18 to strengthen ...

Panama Canal - How America Pressured Panama for Control. Posted: July 9, 2025 \| Last updated: July 10, 2025. More for You ...

His first stop, Panama could prove to be the most contentious on the itinerary following President Donald Trump’s repeated demands for control of the Panama Canal. “Panamanian sovereignty over ...

Depending on the size, weight, and type of vessel, ship owners often pay anywhere between $15,000 and $300,000 in basic fees ...

Trump and Panamanian president clash . Trump first seemed to suggest the United States should take over the Panama Canal in a TruthSocial post on December 21.. He also raised the issue to a crowd ...

And the Panamanian government wants nothing to do with Trump’s suggestion. “As President, I want to express precisely that every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent area belong ...

Panama's voters approved a 2006 referendum authorizing a major expansion of the canal to accommodate larger modern cargo ships. The expansion took until 2016 and cost more than $5.2 billion.

More than 2,000 people could be displaced by the construction of the Río Indio dam. The Panama Canal Authority says the dam solves a long-term water shortage problem.

Panama was then a province of Colombia, which refused to ratify a subsequent 1901 treaty licensing U.S. interests to build the canal. Roosevelt responded by dispatching U.S. warships to Panama’s ...

The Panama Canal helps all U.S. farmers engage in global commerce. Nearly 10,000 ships passed through the canal in 2024, and they carried everything from cars and coal to containers full of ...

Similarly, Mulino declared Panama’s control of the canal “non-negotiable.” Of Note: The king of Denmark has changed the royal coat of arms for the first time in more than 500 years to more ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the highest pride.” More than a century later ...