The late nineteenth century and early twentieth century was a time of rapid construction in the United States. To build a ...

What do Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and Ushuaia, Argentina have in common? They're the beginning and the end of the world's longest road. Stretching from the northernmost tip of one continent to the ...

The Panama Canal, a 51-mile maritime shortcut linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is a crucial artery of global trade and a longstanding focal point of international geopolitics. Since its ...

Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and its namesake canal that joins the Atlantic to the Pacific have become the ...

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal, the world's second busiest interoceanic waterway, spurring concerns that the United States could invade the ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to regain U.S. ownership of the Panama Canal, which the United States previously ...