It is a key part of Panama’s economy. In 2024, the canal earned nearly $5 billion in total profits. According to a study released in December by IDB Invest, 23.6% of Panama’s annual income is ...

Yalisbeth Gill raises chickens and Liduvina Rivera grows coffee in Las Gaitas, an agricultural area 50 kilometers west of the Panama Canal. Despite the distance, both have boosted their operations, in ...

1. Myanmar quake strikes China’s belt and road heartland: how bad is it? The impact on a key Chinese energy corridor is being closely monitored after a deadly earthquake hit Myanmar on Monday ...

President Donald Trump’s threats to “take the Panama Canal back,” combined with climate change, have ignited a global debate ...

Expert Gary Bembridge says on his Tips for Travellers podcast that, in particular, trips along the Panama Canal can be a minefield. He explains: “There is not just one Panama Canal to transit ...

Panama port deal won't be signed next week, but talks under way, sources say China's State Administration for Market Regulation to review the deal Negotiation with BlackRock-led consortium is on ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China’s antitrust regulator has said it will review the sale of two ports on the Panama Canal by Hong ...

Wallace White is a contributor to The Daily Caller News Foundation. DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—China’s growing foothold over the Panama Canal isn’t just fueling its own commercial ...

President Trump has threatened to “take back” the Panama Canal, saying Panama is violating a decades-old treaty that ceded U.S. control of the waterway. WSJ breaks down his strategy and the ...

American national security analysts also told the Post the rivalry between the US and China over the Panama Canal had revealed the extent of American determination to advance its own interests and ...

Perhaps the recent fuss over the Panama Canal will deliver one worthy result: U.S. Navy ships won’t have to pay a fee to move through the isthmus that divides two oceans. If that’s the outcome ...

Routes between Asia and Europe, or Asia and the United States, are about 40 percent shorter through the Arctic than either the Suez or Panama Canals ... source for rare earth minerals and energy.