In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

President Donald Trump has made repeated claims that China “operates” the Panama Canal in recent weeks and has threatened to ...

President Trump has thrown down the gauntlet to the Panamanian government-threatening to retake the canal, by force if ...

Rarely do Panamanians unite on political topics, but threats to the ownership of the canal go to the heart of national ...