Panama has owned and administered the Panama Canal for nearly three decades. President Trump wants to change that to counter growing Chinese influence in Latin America.

The Panamanian government formally raised concerns with the United Nations over President Trump’s threats to retake the Panama Canal, noting any threat of force would violate rules. In

US President Donald Trump's threat to seize the Panama Canal over alleged undue Chinese influence may really be aimed at limiting Beijing's growing diplomatic and economic presence in Latin America, experts say.

Many Latin American countries are trying to distance themselves from Beijing. But in response to President Trump’s sweeping deportation plans, Honduras is doing the opposite.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control is feeding nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the critical trade route and a country familiar with U.

The move follows President Donald Trump’s renewed claims that China has influence over the canal and his pledge to take control of the strategic waterway.

By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing There was talk of a high-speed rail line that China would build in Panama. A new subway line in Panama City. A modern container port. China has been working ...

China got only one mention in US President Donald Trump's inaugural address on Monday, but the comment was threatening - especially to a country much closer to America. Suggesting that China's operations in the Panama Canal constituted a degree of ownership of the Central American waterway,

Lack of surveillance (recon assets) to patrol infrastructure and fishing grounds. The Coast Guard needs more sea eyes.

President Trump has stated that America will retake possession of the Panama Canal due to the influence of Chinese control over free shipping passage for all countries. One way to do this is for President Trump to threaten war on Panama and remove the current government for breaching its treaty with America.