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Panama can't afford to let the canal become a backwater. So in October 2006, the country's voters overwhelmingly approved a $5.25 billion plan to expand and modernize the canal.

Panama should allow ships wanting to transit the Panama Canal to skip the line if they pay in Bitcoin, says Panama City Mayor Mayer Mizrachi. Panama City Mayor Mayer Mizrachi has floated the idea ...

Ships Could Pay Panama Canal Transit Fees in Bitcoin and Cut the Line, Panama City Mayor Muses The mayor of Panama City, Mayer Mizrachi, said the city could potentially establish a bitcoin reserve.

Most famous for its canal, Panama’s namesake capital has been busily reinventing itself. Explore the storied spaces of its old quarter, pockets of urban greenery and vibrant restaurant scene.

The Panama Canal Administrator, Dr. Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, delivered the 43rd Annual William A. Patterson Distinguished Transportation Lecture at Northwestern University this week.

As the canal’s traffic has grown, prolonged droughts have hampered its operations. In 2023, a drought driven largely by the El Niño weather phenomenon forced the Panama Canal Authority (ACP, a ...

If China’s alleged influence over the canal wasn’t halted, Trump threatened to “take back” the iconic waterway that the US returned to Panama in 2000, employing military force if needed.

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.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats from China but that together the United States and Panama will keep it secure.

Two-thirds of the Panama Canal watershed’s freshwater goes to operate the locks. The country plans to build another reservoir to funnel in more water, but hundreds of homes stand in the way.

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a treaty with Panama to gradually transfer control of the 51-mile canal to the nation it bisects, and on Dec. 31, 1999, Panama assumed full control of the canal.