Panama and the US appear to have agreed to let American warships use the Panama Canal, effectively for free. But beneath the agreement is an ongoing threat to Panamanian sovereignty over the use of ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently suggested rotating US troops and reviving military bases in Panama to secure the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth breaks down recent arrangements around the Panama Canal and addresses rising temperatures in ...

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

The number of vessels that transited the Panama Canal, the world's second-busiest waterway, fell to an average of 33.7 per ...

"We certainly understand that the Panama Canal is in Panama, and protecting Panamanian sovereignty from malign influence is ...

"We certainly respect the sovereignty of the Panamanians," the U.S. defense secretary said before departing the country back to Washington.