The Panamanian government formally raised concerns with the United Nations over President Trump’s threats to retake the Panama Canal, noting any threat of force would violate rules. In

Panama has owned and administered the Panama Canal for nearly three decades. President Trump wants to change that to counter growing Chinese influence in Latin America.

Many Latin American countries are trying to distance themselves from Beijing. But in response to President Trump’s sweeping deportation plans, Honduras is doing the opposite.

The move follows President Donald Trump’s renewed claims that China has influence over the canal and his pledge to take control of the strategic waterway.

“China is operating the Panama Canal, and we didn’t give it to China, we gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back.” On day one of his second term Monday, Trump signed an executive order ...

By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing There was talk of a high-speed rail line that China would build in Panama. A new subway line in Panama City. A modern container port. China has been working ...

In his speech, Trump said the U.S. will attempt to reassert control over the Panama Canal, claiming that China is giving preferential treatment over the crucial waterway bridging the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

China got only one mention in US President Donald Trump's inaugural address on Monday, but the comment was threatening - especially to a country much closer to America. Suggesting that China's operations in the Panama Canal constituted a degree of ownership of the Central American waterway,

Trump's canal claims would undermine U.S.-Panama relations, boost China's influence, and revive regional tensions, harming both countries' interests, two experts argued

President Trump has stated that America will retake possession of the Panama Canal due to the influence of Chinese control over free shipping passage for all countries. One way to do this is for President Trump to threaten war on Panama and remove the current government for breaching its treaty with America.