Discover the incredible progress of the new canal project that promises to reshape South America’s trade routes and challenge the dominance of the Panama Canal. This ambitious infrastructure endeavor ...

South America’s New Panama Canal to Pass Through ‘Green Hell’ Paraguay to develop its remote Chaco region into transport hub Public works tenders for $1.2 bln could tap capital markets ...

In the Panama Canal, the cruise line will be offering its largest deployment ever with the inaugural season of the Emerald Princess sailing through the canal’s new locks. South America Cruises ...

Celebrity Cruises unveiled its set of South America and Panama Canal itineraries for 2015-16, with 34 different destinations in 15 countries to choose from. New for this season is the opportunity ...

The Panama Canal is a vital conduit for shipping between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, helping vessels bypass the treacherous journey around the tip of South America, known as Cape Horn, as ...

The canal connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, offering ships a shortcut to avoid going around the tip of South America. The canal revolutionized shipping traffic in the region.

The U.S. helped engineer Panama's independence from Colombia to build the canal, which opened in 1914. But it ceded control to Panama in 1999.

Look at a map of the world. Where North America and South America connect there is only a narrow strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. That skinny piece of land is called ...