First came the French. A syndicate led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, the diplomat who had led construction of the Suez Canal, ...

GATUN, Panama - The Panama Canal's expansion is finally beginning to look like a channel that will float some of the biggest ships in the world by mid-2015. About 42 percent of the work on the new ...

The U.S. military has revived jungle warfare training in Panama for the first time in more than 20 years, preparing soldiers in combat and survival tactics in dense, tropical environments amid ...

American Marines and soldiers are once again rucking through the Panamanian jungle, for the first time in more than two decades. The U.S. military, along with Panamanian security forces, revived ...

"Green Hell" revived as Trump shifts the military’s focus to Latin America. For the first time in more than two decades, the Pentagon has begun sending conventional ground forces to Panama to train in ...

Panamá (AFP) – The US military carried out small-scale survival and jungle combat drills on Panama's Caribbean coast Wednesday, as Washington amassed a vast naval presence off Venezuela. Under a ...

Under a scorching sun, about a dozen US Marines armed with assault rifles simulated storming a bunker at the former US Fort Sherman base near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. The facilities ...

The naval and troop build-up marks the region’s largest deployment since the US invaded Panama in December 1989. (EPA Images pic) United States Marines will hold a joint training exercise in the ...

Deep in the dense Panamanian jungle, U.S. Marines train to master survival and movement with the machete. This video follows their efforts to clear paths, adapt to the harsh environment, and sharpen ...

The United States has trained for the defense of the Panama Canal during a joint exercise with the Central American country amid concerns over China's growing presence in the region. The exercise, ...