Panama’s president has said that he instructed the country’s foreign minister to not discuss the U.S. government’s ...

President José Mulino said Panama's sovereignty over the world's second busiest waterway is not up for discussion.

Frequent droughts have pushed authorities to pursue a controversial plan to dam a river to save the waterway — an act that ...

February 06, 2025 Panama's President, José Raúl Mulino, stressed Thursday that he “will not” break diplomatic relations with China despite threats by US President Donald Trump to “take back” the Canal ...

Hundreds of migrants, many from the Middle East and China, are in custody in Panama after they were deported from the U.S. as ...

The administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of people who can’t easily be sent back to their countries. Many say ...

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President Donald Trump has made repeated claims that China “operates” the Panama Canal in recent weeks and has threatened to ...

The U.S. has deported more than 400 migrants — from nations as far as China and Vietnam — to Panama and Costa Rica, leaving ...

Beijing and Washington are also at loggerheads over another waterway in the Americas: the Panama Canal. Trump said China has ...

PANAMA CITY — Panama’s president said Thursday ... It called allegations by the Trump administration that China controls the canal “pure lies.” It accused the U.S. government of trying ...