The Panama Canal expects an increase in transits of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vessels and carriers of some agricultural ...

With a modern freight rail connection and improved port facilities, Mexico is attempting to rival the invaluable Panama Canal ...

The United States has a long history of meddling in Latin American politics: Teddy Roosevelt reshaped the region’s map to get ...

The Panama Canal changed global trade forever, but its creation came at a staggering human cost. Over 400 years of failed ...

President Donald Trump's threats toward Venezuela mark the dawn of a new era of U.S. intervention in the Western Hemisphere.

History suggests that an effort to overthrow Nicolás Maduro could be disastrous for the region and ultimately harm the U.S.

The Erie Canal Bicentennial will end this year, commemorating the canal’s history of displacing communities, including the ...

A Panama Canal cruise checks a lot of boxes for senior travelers: itineraries promise warm weather, a culturally-rich region and one of the world's great engineering spectacles. Most cruises are ...

In her new book “Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions” (UNC Press, 2025), associate professor of history Jessica Lepler tells the story of a ...

Brent is a Senior Research Fellow for Naval Warfare and Advanced Technology in the Allison Center for National Security. As China prepares its response to U.S. efforts to regain control of the Panama ...

WASHINGTON, DC: US President Donald Trump once said the Japanese came through the Panama Canal to attack Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The same claim has been spreading in the form of a meme on ...

President Trump has threatened to “take back” the Panama Canal, saying Panama is violating a decades-old treaty that ceded U.S. control of the waterway. WSJ breaks down his strategy and the risks that ...