Potential plans range from partnering more closely with Panamanian security forces to a less likely option of U.S. troops' ...

The U.S. controlled the Canal and the area around it until it signed treaties in 1977 granting Panama control and sovereignty over the canal zone and guaranteeing its permanent neutrality.

The president said at a press conference on Thursday that he has instructed Panama's Foreign Minister to firmly reject the U.S. proposal to discuss the issue of "preventing the canal area from ...

After a period of joint control, Panama took sole control in 1999. Trump has made several arguments for retaking control of the canal and the surrounding area. He argued that Chinese influence is ...

President Donald Trump has made repeated claims that China “operates” the Panama Canal in recent weeks and has threatened to take back the waterway to block what he sees as Beijing’s ...

The comments followed a dustup the day before when the U.S. embassy in Panama said one of the agenda items for Adm. Alvin Holsey’s visit would be discussing “efforts to protect the canal area ...

The Panama Canal is back in the headlines after ... and control of the Chinese Communist Party over the Panama Canal area is a threat to the canal and represents a violation of the Treaty ...