PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama has made progress stripping vessels from its registry that do not meet its flag's standards, the Central American nation's Maritime Authority said on Wednesday, ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has in recent days repeatedly denounced what he sees as China’s outsized influence on the Panama Canal – the crucial maritime passageway linking the Atlantic and ...

It was a territory known to some who lived there as a tropical utopia. The Canal Zone in Panama had been under U.S. control for nearly 75 years. But in 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed treaties ...

Panama has taken a strong step in enforcing international rules by removing 107 ships from its official registry. These ships were flying the Panamanian flag but were listed under international ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the Central American ally must immediately reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or face ...

Handing control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. over to the Central American country was one of President Jimmy Carter's most controversial, and... It was a territory known to some who lived there ...