The administrator of the Panama Canal has responded to criticisms from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, denying that there is any interference from China in the canal’s operations and saying giving special privileges to any nation would only cause problems.

Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.

Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against U.S. control of the Panama Canal in 1964, with some protesters burning an effigy of President-elect Donald Trump who has threatened to retake the vital global waterway.

Fox News contributor Michael Pillsbury reacts to President-elect Donald Trump eyeing control of Canada, Panama Canal and Greenland on 'Fox & Friends.'

If commercial fees are typically low and America’s navy already has cheap and preferential access, why is Mr Trump threatening to take the canal? The simplest answer may be that the president-elect is expressing geopolitical machismo,

Few took the president-elect’s combative comments at face value, but they still sent a shudder through a country that the United States has invaded before.

President-elect Donald Trump made international headlines this week after refusing to rule out military force to take back the Panama Canal, citing economic and security concerns regarding China. Trump has made U.