The Panama Canal is an artificial 82-kilometre (51-mile) waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, making it an important trade and logistics hub.

Farmers and residents protested a planned reservoir on the Indio River, a project by the Panama Canal Authority to address water shortages impacting canal operations and Panama City's water supply.

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) says building the reservoir is the best way to provide an additional water source for over 2 million people in Panama City and to ensure the canal operates ...

Image The Panamanian birding guide Nando, whose full name is Ismael Hernando Quiroz Miranda, led the author and his family around the bird-rich Canal Zone in Panama. Above, Nando, left ...

The U.S., meanwhile, controlled a roughly 10-mile zone centered on the canal’s center line but excluding both Panama City and Colon, the country’s two largest cities and, respectively ...

A Panama Canal worker docks the Chinese container ship Cosco at the Panama Canals' Cocoli locks, in Panama City, Dec. 3, 2018. Florida International University convened its 10th annual Hemispheric ...

1) The Panama Canal is a chokepoint for global trade ... Nevertheless, after its completion, the Canal Zone remained under the control of the United States, which maintained dozens of military ...

Completed in 1914, the Panama Canal is a marvel of modern engineering. An artificial 51-mile waterway that cuts through the Isthmus of Panama, the Canal connects the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea ...

Forty percent of all U.S. container traffic travels through the Panama Canal every year, and in all, $270 billion in cargo annually. The U.S. and China are the top users of the Panama Canal ...

But the so-called ‘Miami of Central America’ has a hidden history — one that extends far beyond the canal that first put it on most travellers’ mental map. Panama is effectively a ...