You cannot look the other way,” Moreno said. “There’s a lot of history behind Panama having the canal under our control and jurisdiction, so you cannot disassociate.” Like Moreno, Daniel Camazón has ...

In this episode we visit the world famous Panama Canal. The Miraflores locks visitors centre is the main place to see the canal and watch ships passing through the ... I'm 87 and work full time.

To Panama Canal officials, ... work on the new locks could start in 2008 and on Gatun Lake in 2011. ... Panamax ships have a clearance of about 2 ft. on either side in the current canal locks.

The Panama Canal welcomed a visit from the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama on May 21. ... the expansion work at the Cocolí Locks, built with Panamanian investment, ...

Ilya Espino de Marotta speaks at the Panama Canal Authority’s International Women’s Day celebration in Panama City, on Friday, March 7, 2025. Marotta made history when she became the first woman ...

The American Society of Civil Engineers recognizes the Panama Canal as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. With its complex series of locks and massive scale, this man-made connection ...

Panama says the U.S. government has recognized the country’s sovereignty over the Panama Canal, but it’s unclear if Washington fully agrees with that assertion. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...

During a visit to Panama on Tuesday (Apr 8), US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that America will not allow China and other nations to "threaten the canal's operation or integrity". Amid ...

For over 40 years, Capt. Efraín Hallax, 73, has been steering vessels through the canal, and he has seen it all, from a dictator’s fall to the rise of U.S. interest in retaking the waterway.

A tug guides a container ship through the Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal in Panama City, Panama, on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. [Photo: Tarina Rodriguez/Bloomberg/Getty Images] ...

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.