Por Laura Paddison, CNN El canal de Panamá es una extraordinaria obra de ingeniería. Esta vía navegable, que atraviesa 80 kilómetros a través del istmo de Panamá para conectar los océanos Atlántico y
Containers are stacked on a cargo ship moving through the Panama Canal's Cocoli locks in Panama City, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/)
Workers dock a cargo ship at the Panama Canal's Cocoli locks in Panama City, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Frequent droughts have pushed authorities to pursue a controversial plan to dam a river to save the waterway — an act that would flood the homes of thousands of people.
Panama’s president has said that he instructed the country’s foreign minister to not discuss the U.S. government’s allegations of Chinese interference in the operations of the Panama Canal with the visiting head of U.
Rarely do Panamanians unite on political topics, but threats to the ownership of the canal go to the heart of national identity and erase ideological differences.
The administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of people who can’t easily be sent back to their countries. Many say they are in danger.
President Donald Trump has made repeated claims that China “operates” the Panama Canal in recent weeks and has threatened to take back the waterway to block what he sees as Beijing’s increasing influence.
From a modernist take on Afro Caribbean coconut rice stew to a legendary push cart dim sum palace and unique aji chombo pepper ice cream, this is where to eat in Panama City.
A senior U.S. military commander who oversees operations over much of Latin America will visit Panama this week to discuss security cooperation as well as the Panama Canal and migration, the U.S. embassy in the Central American nation said on Wednesday.