Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats from China but that together the United ...

Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American ...

Hegseth’s tune on Panama is decidedly different from the rhetoric employed by Trump following his November election victory.

By Alek Buttermann The Panama Canal remains at the centre of geopolitical tension, as the United States increases pressure to ...

The defense secretary warned China has “too much influence” over the vital waterway and that the Trump administration “is ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth breaks down recent arrangements around the Panama Canal and addresses rising temperatures in ...

China did not build this canal. China does not operate this canal and China will not weaponize this canal,” the Pentagon ...

Pete Hegseth said Beijing would not be allowed to 'weaponise' the waterway by using Chinese firms' commercial relationships ...

The Panama Canal has been a focal point of President Trump's broadside against China since his inaugural speech, and it's ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday focused again on China's presence in the Western Hemisphere, one day after calling the world power a threat to the Panama Canal.Speaking at a ...