China on Monday said Washington's “smear campaigns” against it are an “excuse to control” Latin America, as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Panama Canal faces “ongoing threats ...

United States President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for America to “reclaim” the Panama Canal from what he termed ...

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino (C) looks on as Panama's Security Minister Frank Abrego (L) and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth get ready to sign a bilateral agreement, in Panama City on ...

Hong Kong company CK Hutchison's $22.8 billion deal to sell dozens of ports was originally to be inked on April 2.

President Trump’s escalating rhetoric over the Panama Canal ... coordinating American military operations throughout Latin America from a strategic hilltop overlooking the canal’s Pacific ...

A cargo ship sails past the Panama Canal’s Port of Balboa ... recently countered that line of analysis with regard to Latin America, arguing that China is unlikely to improve its position ...

Panama and the US appear to have agreed to let American warships use the Panama Canal, effectively for free ... "The United ...

Billionaire tycoon Li Ka-shing has found himself in the middle of the China-US geopolitical tussle after announcing a deal to sell his Panama Canal port assets. Billionaire Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka ...

China has expanded fast in the region, building or acquiring Latin American critical ... and that he intends to regain American control of the Panama Canal, where strategic ports at either end ...

American national security analysts also told the Post the rivalry between the US and China over the Panama Canal had revealed ... senior policy analyst for Latin America at the Heritage ...