China is working on a cross-continental infrastructure and now that Panama has backed out, they blame the US for running interference by means of intimidation.

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday denied the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a ...

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A quarter-century after the U.S. handed control of the Panama Canal to Panama, President Donald Trump wants to take it back. Early this month, Trump suggested he would consider using military ...

PANAMA CITY: US President Donald Trump's threat to seize the Panama Canal over alleged undue Chinese influence may really be aimed at limiting Beijing's growing diplomatic and economic presence ...

The planned trip comes after repeated vows by President Donald Trump – who returned to the White House on Monday – to take back the Panama Canal. Trump mentioned the Panama Canal again during ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit Panama — the country whose canal President Donald Trump has suggested he’d seize — as early as next week, according to three U.S. officials ...

US President Donald Trump has vowed to "take back" the Panama Canal in his inauguration speech, alleging the vital trade route is under China's control. Doubling down on his pre-inauguration ...

The Panama Canal was not a gift from the United States, President Jose Raul Mulino said Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump threatened to take it back. "We reject in its entirety everything ...

Key among those ideas is his repeated insistence that he would consider reclaiming the Panama Canal, adding that he is willing to use military force to take the territory. After a period of quasi ...

During his inaugural address on Monday, Trump lamented that the U.S. had transferred control of the canal back to Panama, saying American ships are being "severely overcharged." He also repeated ...