More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — and 25 years after the canal was returned to Panama by the US — the Panama Canal faces renewed intimidation from US President Donald Trump.

President Trump’s push to take back control of the strategic waterway stokes memories of a period of U.S. imperial ambition and violence.

Panama's President José Raúl Mulino is trying to stem the flow of migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap, a 70-mile stretch of jungle near the Panama-Colombia border.

THE Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) has announced plans to exit its operations in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama, transferring these businesses to Banco Davivienda S.A. As part of the agreement, Scotiabank will acquire a 20 per cent stake in the Colombian bank.

Doubling down on his pre-inauguration threat to reimpose U.S. control over the canal, Trump, in his inauguration speech Monday, again accused Panama of breaking the promises it made for the final transfer of the strategic waterway in 1999 and of ceding its operation to China — claims that Panama has vehemently denied.

Scotiabank has finalized an agreement to transfer its banking operations in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama to Colombian bank Davivienda.

The answer is simple: there is no greater or more idealistic symbol of U.S. power in the world than the Panama Canal. As Trump seeks a way to enhance the country's power in the world, leaning on imagery regarding the Panama Canal provides just the right message.

The Panama Canal was not a gift from the United States, President Jose Raul Mulino said Wednesday, after US President Donald

Inhabitants of the Colombian town of Tibu, on the northern border with Venezuela, have fled following a wave of violence that has left at least 80 people dead in clashes between two armed groups in the last week.

In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump repeated his plan to regain control of the Panama Canal. Can he?

President Donald Trump has called for the US to retake control of the Panama Canal unless the cost of passage for naval and merchant ships is slashed. Trump’s refusal to rule out the use of force is a throwback to the 19th century era of gunboat diplomacy.