It connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama. 3. The United States constructed ... On 8th January, President Claudia Sheinbaum displayed a map from 1607 that ...

The routes always look much shorter on the map. The first sunset bathes the sky in front ... when a Spanish expedition crossed the isthmus in what is now Panama. At that time it was still called the ...

Panama’s location between two continents and two oceans explains why it’s a geopolitical hot spot, and why it has so many ...

The seafarer peoples of the past who mastered the oceans were crucial in laying the foundations upon which civilizations were ...

Screwworms are possibly the most aptly named parasites imaginable, both literally and figuratively. Screwworms—technically, ...

Thousands of Panamanians marched in the capital Tuesday in the largest protest yet against an agreement signed during last month's visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, giving U.S. troops ...

The agreement, signed by top security officials from both countries, allows US military personnel to deploy to Panama-controlled ... own permanent bases on the isthmus, a move that would be ...

Occupying a narrow swath of land along Central America’s southernmost point, the serpentine isthmus of Panama is an adventure traveler’s paradise. The small-but-mighty country—comprising ...