French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps directed a team of engineers to construct a sea-level canal in Panama in 1880. The builders encountered tropical heat, heavy rainfall, landslides, and diseases.

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal, the world's second busiest ...

The Trump Administration threatening partners in The America's, may prove to be short term tactical approach, will not prove ...

A black, massive Hong Kong-registered ship inched its way through the churning waters of the Panama Canal — guided by ...

The President accused China of “lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal.” The truth is more complicated.

In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump repeated his plan to regain control of the Panama Canal. Can he?

PANAMA CITY — A black ... flow ships up over the middle of the Panamanian isthmus and then down again to sea level. The Panamanian reception was angry. Through Rubio’s visit to Panama City ...

The Panama Canal is an artificial waterway in Panama ... at each end to lift ships up to a freshwater lake 85 feet above sea level and then lower them again at the other end.