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.

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

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 Americas may prove to be short-term tactical approach but it will not ...

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

The failure of the project was largely the result of poor design — while a sea-level canal might have been appropriate for the Suez, the mountainous environment of Panama made such a canal unviable.

He said the Panama Canal is "vital" to the U.S. economy with ... it is a water bridge over a mountainous area that is above sea level," Maffei said. "A trend of worsening droughts in the region ...