The Trump administration is framing the President’s vow to take back the Panama Canal as an economic investment, not “imperialistic expansion." ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricuarte Vásquez talk during a tour of the Miraflores Locks in Panama City, Feb. 2, 2025.

PANAMA CITY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday the U.S. was spreading "lies and falsehoods" after the State Department claimed U.S. government vessels would be ...

On Monday, President Trump said of the Panama Canal, “We’re taking it back.” The letter from Panama cited articles of the U.N. charter that prohibit member states from using threats and force.

Panama and China have pushed back against United States President Donald Trump’s controversial claims regarding the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal “was not a gift” from the US, Panama’s ...

Rubio says Trump sees status quo at Panama Canal as unacceptable Sovereignty over the canal is not up for discussion, Mulino says U.S. believes China's influence violates neutrality treaty Rubio ...

A secure, prosperous, and free Western Hemisphere underpins U.S. geopolitical and economic success. Panama is the most strategically significant geography in the Western Hemisphere. With 40 percent of ...

Hong Kong CNN — Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal and accusing the country of ceding ...

Donald Trump has vowed to "take back" the Panama Canal, saying it was "foolishly" given to the Central American country by the US. During his speech at his inauguration in Washington DC ...

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 ...

The Panamanian government formally raised concerns with the United Nations over President Trump’s threats to retake the Panama Canal, noting any threat of force would violate rules. In a letter ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday denied the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a deal allowing U.S. warships to transit the Panama ...