WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first official trip abroad next week to Central America, ...

China's expanding footprint in Latin America is expected to be high on the agenda when US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...

Republicans hoping to thwart Beijing’s influence in Latin America are urging the Panamanian government to cut ties with ...

Marco Rubio will travel to Panama on his first trip abroad as secretary of State. The visit comes as Donald Trump looks to reclaim Panama's canal.

President Donald Trump’s insistence that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control is feeding nationalist ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to Central America comes after President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to take the Panama Canal back.

The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution and is enforced by the autonomous Panama Canal Authority.

Panama has begun an audit of a Hong Kong company that operates ports at either end of its canal, aiming to dispel Washington’s fears of growing Chinese influence over a strategic waterway that ...

Panama President José Raúl Mulino has directly addressed President Donald Trump 's controversial comments regarding the ...

President Trump wants Panama to return its namesake canal to the U.S.

US President Donald Trump has not ruled out using force to take back the Panama Canal. Read more at straitstimes.com.