President Trump said of the Panama Canal, “We’re taking it back.” The letter from Panama cited articles of the U.N. charter that prohibit member states from using threats and force.

Panama President, Jose Raul Mulino, on Wednesday, hit back at US President Donald Trump's threats of taking back a key trade route, the Panama Canal. On

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino refuted US President Donald Trump's claim that the US could take control of the Panama Canal, reiterating that the canal belongs to Panama. Speaking at the World Economic Forum,

Panama has alerted the United Nations - in a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday - to U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks during his inauguration speech, when he vowed that the United States would take back the Panama Canal.

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 formally complained to the United Nations about President Donald Trump's "threats" to acquire the Panama Canal. The New York Times reviewed the letter sent by José Raúl Mulino to U.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump came out swinging in a combative inaugural speech in which he affirmed plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico and regain control of the Panama Canal.

During Monday’s inauguration, Donald Trump repeated his threat to retake the Panama Canal. The United States controlled the waterway since the early 20th century, but in 1977 President Jimmy Carter signed a landmark treaty to give Panama control of the canal.

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.

Trump said that the US did not give the canal to China but to Panama, and now Trump is "taking it back" as the US has been “treated very badly by this foolish gift that should have never been made."

As United States President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term on Monday, he repeated his wishes to acquire the Panama Canal and rename the Gulf of Mexico in his inaugural speech. Trump has spoken about the canal and the Gulf of Mexico previously. On Monday, he signalled he was serious about moving ahead with both those ideas – and soon.