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 ...

A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and how does that ripple out to the global economy?

Panama has been looking for solutions to a long-term problem. Every time a ship passes through the Panama Canal, more than 50 ...

A black, massive Hong Kong-registered ship inched its way through the churning waters of the Panama Canal — guided by tugboats stern and aft, and sweating Panamanians ...

An overview of Panama's historical ties to the U.S. and where the crisis might be headed next.

No formal deal has been agreed to as President Trump threatens an American takeover of the strategic waterway.

From $45 'Canada is not for sale' hats to $35 'Greetings from the Gulf of America' T-shirts, sloganeering merch is bigger ...

"Canada is Not For Sale" hats are pictured at The Sam Group ... The President repeatedly voiced his interest in acquiring ...

As Washington threatens and Panama refusing to back down, a struggle to control this key trade, security and immigration ...

Limiting immigration and fighting narcotics smuggling are major elements of that effort, but another key priority will be curbing China’s growing influence in the Western Hemisphere, topped by ...

When US President Donald Trump threatened to "take back" the Panama Canal in his inauguration speech last week, Panamanians were reminded of American imperialism of old. For most of the 20th ...

Panama President José Raúl Mulino rejected negotiations over ownership of the Panama Canal, in the face of President Trump’s fixation on the U.S. retaking the trade waterway. “It’s impossible.