Videos

Douglas Preston discussed his book, The Lost City of the Monkey God, at the 10th annual Tucson Festival of Books.

Adam Clymer talked about and read from his book Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch, The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right. Mr. Clymer argues that the U.S.' decision to cede…

Vice President Mike Pence delivered remarks while visiting the Panama Canal.

Marco Rubio (R-FL) spoke about the need to combat transnational organized crime in Latin American countries. His remarks came as the American Enterprise Institute released a new report entitled,…

President Trump and his Panamanian counterpart delivered brief remarks in their first Oval Office meeting.

President Trump welcomed his counterpart from Panama, President Juan Carlos Varela.

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly delivers remarks on U.S. policy toward Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. He stressed that if lawmakers didn’t like existing immigration laws then…

President Obama spoke to members of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative at a town hall at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima. The event took place during his visit…

Costa Rica President Luis Guillermo Solís of Costa Rica talked about immigration challenges facing his country, and his administration’s proposals to address them. He also talked about Costa…

Oscar Martinez talked about his book, A History of Violence: Living and Dying in Central America, about the origins of violence in the Central American countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and…

At the daily State Department briefing, John Kirby addressed an internal memo in which 51 State Department officials urged a more aggressive stance on Syria. Mr. Kirby said a dissent…

U.S. Southern Commander Admiral Kurt Tidd answered questions from reporters on U.S. military activity in South and Central America and the Caribbean during a briefing at the Pentagon.

Greisa Martinez talked about the detention of migrants from Central America who entered the U.S. illegally; the Obama administration’s approach to immigration policy, including recent…

Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson delivered a keynote address prior to a panel discussion on the Seventh Summit of the Americas. Topics included diplomatic relations with Cuba,…

This was a short compilation of programming from the C-SPAN Video Library from December 1989 that included White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater announcing Operation Just Cause, President…

The author of Divorcing the Dictator: America’s Bungled Affair with Noriega discussed the book. Kempe’s theme is that the U.S. started the relationship in 1960 without thinking of the consequences. “The…

In honor of the one hundredth anniversary of the Panama Canal opening, Library of Congress curators presented items from their collections for a special exhibit. Work on the canal began in…

This was a 1912 film on the construction of the Panama Canal.

Manuel Orozco presented new research findings by the Inter-American Dialogue’s Migration, Remittances and Development Program, Understanding Central American Migration: The Crisis of…

Before the official transfer of control of the Panama Canal to Panamanian authorities, the history and operations of the canal were discussed. Mr. McCullough talked about the importance of…