Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.

Panama said on Tuesday that the sovereignty of its interoceanic canal was non-negotiable, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military action to regain control.

President-elect Donald Trump is once again expressing a desire to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal and says he won't ...

President-elect Trump criticized Jimmy Carter's diplomacy that led to the Panamanians regaining control of the PCZ nearly 100 years after Teddy Roosevelt helped the U.S. take it over.