Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama ...

President Trump is wrong when he says China controls the Panama Canal. But the U.S. rival does have influence there, and the ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland and retake control of the Panama ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit and Panama's decision to drop out of China's Belt and Road Initiative reflect evolving ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a warning from President Trump over the weekend, telling Panama's leaders that they ...

Speaking to reporters, Trump cited China as his reasoning and suggested it has taken complete control of the key waterway.

Trump has complained that China exerts control over the canal and charges U.S. ships six-figure premiums to cross Panama's isthmus. The canal was built over several decades by the U.S. and ...

In response to pressure from the Trump administration, Panama has withdrawn from China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Eric Olander, co-founder of the China-Global South Project, says the U.S. president ...

In doing so, he has falsely claimed that China “operates” the canal and that Panama ... they can and the weak (Panama) suffering what they must. Nonetheless, Trump’s bet is to not have ...

A key focus of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Central America this week — his first trip as America’s top diplomat ...

with President José Raúl Mulino saying the canal “is and will continue to be Panama’s.” Mulino also rejected Trump’s claim that China controls the canal. “There is no presence of any nation in the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Panama, accusing it of violating the 1999 Panama Canal treaty. In a ...