They say they fought too hard to wrest it from the U.S. to now hand back the waterway, which is part of the nation’s identity.

Marco Rubio will head overseas late next week; he's also scheduled to visit Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution and is enforced by the autonomous Panama Canal Authority.

Rubio will depart on his first foreign trip to visit countries in Central America that may be vital for carrying out the Trump administration's mass deportation plans.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will pay his first trip starting next week to Central American nations including Panama, where President Donald Trump has threatened to seize the Panama Canal, a ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling to Panama late next week in his first official diplomatic trip late, amid ...

Conservation groups in Panama are trying to halt the construction of a new port in the Pacific province of Chiriquí that they say could destroy breeding grounds and nurseries for marine species. The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first official trip abroad next week to Central America, ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Panama and four other countries in Central America and the Caribbean starting late next week during his first overseas trip as Washington's top diplomat, ...

In a letter to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Panama cited UN articles banning member states from using threats and force Panama ha ...