When American officials state one version of reality while Panamanian officials assert another, international audiences ...

Panama has unequivocally rejected a proposal from the United States to establish military bases on its territory, asserting its sovereignty over the Panama Canal and dismissing claims of foreign ...

The Trump administration has made the security of the canal, built by the U.S. more than a century ago, a top priority for ...

"We certainly understand that the Panama Canal is in Panama, and protecting Panamanian sovereignty from malign influence is ...

By Alek Buttermann The Panama Canal remains at the centre of geopolitical tension, as the United States increases pressure to ...

We certainly respect the sovereignty of the Panamanians,” the U.S. defense secretary said before departing the country back ...

Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American ...

FILE - Panama's former President ... Once the Supreme Court denied his appeal, he was ineligible to run. Ultimately Martinelli supported his running mate, current President José Raúl Mulino.

During Trump’s first administration, these goals were largely aspirational. He and his officials frequently invoked the Monroe Doctrine, the 1823 declaration asserting exclusive U.S. influence in the ...

The move came amid U.S. President Donald Trump's continued claims that China controls the canal—a charge denied by both Beijing and Panama ... act" by the United States aimed at constraining ...