A new study suggests changes in wind patterns may have caused a striking ecological failure in Central America.

A cargo ship sails through the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal in Panama City on Sept. 9, 2024. The Panama Canal is more than a piece of infrastructure; it’s a global asset that symbolizes ...

Oct 22 - Panamanians vote in a referendum on Sunday to approve or reject an ambitious $5.25 billion plan to expand the famous Panama Canal to allow it to handle larger cargo ships. Here are some facts ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reclaim the Panama Canal if it doesn’t reduce tolls for American ships and accused China of being behind the waterway’s operations. Here are five key ...

In the first speech of his second term, President Donald Trump denounced a deal made decades ago, when the U.S. turned over the Panama Canal to the country for which it's named. “We have been treated ...

Panama’s independence from Colombia in 1903 is linked to the interoceanic canal. After the failure of French Count Ferdinand de Lesseps to open a canal in the isthmus, the United States promoted the ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio brought a warning to Panamanian leader José Raúl Mulino on Sunday: Immediately reduce what President Donald Trump says is Chinese influence over ...

Fifty feet up in the plumeria-scented air, after I climbed a spiral staircase of twisted branches, an oversized egg-shaped door pivoted open like some magic mushroom and I scooted into my ...

May 3 (Reuters) - Panamanians vote in a presidential election on Sunday. Here are some facts about the country. * The Panama Canal, a 50-mile (80 km) man-made waterway joining the Atlantic and Pacific ...

Kuna Yala, the indigenous name for Kuna land, is a narrow strip of coastline that stretches about 250 miles along Panama's Caribbean coast and borders Colombia. The Kuna Indians live mainly on the San ...