Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino urged member nations at the Mercosur Summit in Buenos Aires, to back the Río Indio ...

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

Building the canal cost about $375 million, making it the most expensive construction project in U.S. history at that time, according to the Panama Canal Authority. Thousands of laborers died ...

Panama Canal Authority leader Ricaurte Vásquez says trade levels have rebounded from record drought conditions and should continue to increase. CNBC's Lori Ann Larocco reports.

— The law firm Vinson & Elkins registered under FARA to provide the Panama Canal Authority with “legal and strategic advice relating to congressional inquiries, legislative actions, executive ...

The U.S. does not have any authority over the Panama Canal. The waterway, which was built by the U.S. in the early 1900s, opened in 1914 and remained under U.S. government control until treaties ...

More than 2,000 people could be displaced by the construction of the Río Indio dam. The Panama Canal Authority says the dam solves a long-term water shortage problem.

Depending on the size, weight, and type of vessel, ship owners often pay anywhere between $15,000 and $300,000 in basic fees ...

The number of vessels that transited the Panama Canal, the world's second-busiest waterway, fell to an average of 33.7 per day in March for a total of 1,045 ships that month, according to a ...

Under the terms of those treaties, Panama would gain control of the canal by 1999 and the U.S. would retain the right to defend the canal from any threat to its neutrality.

Panama Canal officials say a new reservoir needed to meet the growing water demands of the heavily trafficked waterway would take six years to construct at an estimated cost of $1.6 billion.

The U.S. does not have any authority over the Panama Canal. The waterway, which was built by the U.S. in the early 1900s, opened in 1914 and remained under U.S. government control until treaties ...