China now trails only the U.S. in total usage of the canal, and it has replaced the U.S. as Latin America’s top trade partner. “You see what’s going on there—China,” Trump told supporters.

As a writer and researcher who has lived throughout Latin America, I never used to include Panama on my shortlist of countries that might erupt. From 1970 to 2019, it was the 16th fastest growing ...

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino urged member nations at the Mercosur Summit in Buenos Aires, to back the Río Indio ...

The right-wing Mulino government has imposed Operation Omega to crack down on working class resistance to austerity measures.

It took 11 years, but on the first day of World War I, the canal opened under American control. The U.S. invested over $375 million to build the canal and agreed to pay annual royalties, albeit a ...

Depending on the size, weight, and type of vessel, ship owners often pay anywhere between $15,000 and $300,000 in basic fees ...

Latin America analysts speculate that’s why Hegseth did not mention Trump’s canal seizure warning — and instead seemed to soften the U.S. president's posture.

Workers have plunged Panama into crisis after the government announced plans to phase out a popular retirement scheme. The ...

LATIN AMERICA: Panama Treaty. 1 minute read. ... Commission which is in Washington for the purpose of negotiating a new treaty between the two republics relative to the Panama Canal, ...

Panama’s version included a line about its sovereignty over the canal; America’s didn’t, though it discussed working through Panama’s constitution, which affirms authority over the canal ...

U.S. imperialism is now being deployed at home. Look to Latin America for clues on what might come next and effective ...

This investigative podcast series takes listeners across Latin America to the scenes of some of the region’s most devastating ...