But there were so few of us.” Two years later, those protests were being attended by hundreds of thousands of Panamanians.

The American-built canal was turned over to the Panamanians in 1999 and they object strongly to Trump's demand to hand it back. Mass migration, drugs and hostile policies pursued by Cuba ...

Some experts believe that Trump was simply applying pressure and could declare a win by the United States ramping up investment in the canal -- an outcome that most Panamanians would welcome.

Native Panamanians were removed from the Canal Zone, which had been the most populous part of Panama, in part to make conditions more "hygienic", and it became effectively a US colony. This was a ...

When US President Donald Trump threatened to "take back" the Panama Canal in his inauguration speech last week, Panamanians were reminded of American imperialism of old. For most of the 20th ...

The Panamanians are looking for what they can give up in the context of not violating their own management of the canal." ...

The majority of the canal’s employees are Panamanians and Panama designates which companies are awarded the contracts to run the ports near the canal. Ships transiting the 50-mile-long canal are ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading to Panama after President Trump vowed to take back control of the Panama Canal. Andrea Mitchell spoke to former Panama Canal administrator Jorge Quijano ...