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

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.

Panama President José Raúl Mulino has directly addressed President Donald Trump 's controversial comments regarding the Panama Canal, reaffirming that the waterway unequivocally belongs to Panama.

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.

The President of Panama has roundly rejected any idea that his country will give up control of the Panama Canal.

China has fired back at President Donald Trump, dismissing his claim that Beijing has seized control of the Panama Canal as baseless and provocative. Newsweek reached out by email to a Trump representative and to Hutchison Ports,

U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control is feeding nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the critical trade route and a country familiar with U.

In recent weeks, when he was President-elect Donald Trump publicly said that Panama should return the Panama Canal to the United States, and he would not rule out using military force to reclaim it. At his presidential Inauguration on Monday Trump doubled down on saying that his new administration was going to take back the canal.

Trump has suggested using military force to retake the Panama Canal, but such an action would involve complications.

Beach residents traded building sandcastles for snowmen on Wednesday. Locals didn't want to miss out on a rare snow day at the beach. For more News, Weather, and Sports in Panama City, Florida visit:

While the sunny weather on Wednesday gave many an opportunity to play in the snow, it may have caused a new problem. Beach Fire officials say the melted snow will freeze by Wednesday night making roads even more hazardous.