Secretary of State Marco Rubio embarks soon on his inaugural trip as the United States’ top diplomat. His first stop, Panama could prove to be the most contentious on the itinerary following ...

Liberian flagged Hallasan Explorer LPG tanker navigates at the Panama Canal, in Panama on January 20, 2025. Panama on January 20, 2025, rejected President Donald Trump's pledge that the United ...

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal, the world's second busiest interoceanic waterway, spurring concerns that the United States could invade ...

Trump Is a Man With a Panama Canal Plan It should come as no surprise that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first stop on his first official trip this weekend will be in Panama, a nation that ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared Thursday that President Trump’s interest in taking control of Greenland and the Panama Canal “is not a joke” and vital to US national security interests.

On the ground here, members of the country’s small political elite have been bracing for either: As tensions over the Panama Canal ratcheted up last month, Panama’s former president ...

McKinley. But he paid special attention to the Panama Canal, which he saw as “foolishly” returned to Panama under President Carter. “We’re taking it back,” he promised. Part of his ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the Central American ally must immediately reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or ...

Donald Trump has long been fixated on the Panama Canal, a crucial shipping route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He has railed against rising tolls on American ships (though the increases ...

President Donald Trump reiterated his vow to “take back” the Panama Canal on Sunday, warning of “powerful” US action in an escalating diplomatic dispute with the Central American country over China’s ...

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