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 ...

Panama is in danger of becoming a case study of how an American hard-power win could become a soft-power loss. America did ...

Penn State University Libraries will feature a pop-up exhibit of prints from "El tiempo pasa y nada cambia" ("Time passes, ...

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday denied the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a ...

President Trump is throwing his weight around in our hemisphere in a way we haven’t seen in a century, and it’s opening up doors.

Panamanians were caught off guard to find themselves at the center of President Trump's expansionist agenda. We visit the canal, attend protests and report on Rubio's message to the people of Panama.

Panama says it will not renew its agreement involving China’s premier foreign-investment program after Panamanian leaders met ...

Marco Rubio heads Saturday to Panama on his debut trip abroad as US secretary of state as he looks for how to follow up on President Donald Trump's extraordinary threat to seize the Panama Canal.

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama, in 1999, as "a foolish gift that should have never been made". Trump also ...

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 ...

José Raúl Mulino is set to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday when the two will visit the Panama Canal. NBC Universal, Inc. Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday ...