The United States may be targeting "weak links" in Chinese-backed initiatives or groupings to cut Beijing's growing influence ...

When Panama signed up for China’s vast Belt and Road Initiative in 2017, it became the first country in Latin America to join ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio brought a warning to Panamanian leader Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday: Immediately reduce what ...

Following Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the US needs to “ take back ” the Panama canal from Chinese control, the US ...

In a key concession to Washington, Panama President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday (Feb 6) confirmed that Panama had pulled out ...

The canal’s two biggest ports are operated by a Hong Kong company with global reach. The Trump administration sees a Chinese ...

China looms large in President Trump’s threats of U.S. expansionism in Greenland and Panama. “China is running the Panama Canal […] and we’re going to take it back, or something very powerful is going ...

WASHINGTON — Panama’s president reiterated on Sunday that Panama’s sovereignty over the Panama Canal is not up for debate, saying that during talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that he had ...

Any move by Panama to distance itself from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative ... building a fourth bridge over one of the canal’s entrances.

Panama has decided to step away from a major global project led by China. The country’s president, José Raúl Mulino, ...

WASHINGTON — Panama ... one or two years it may take for it. Rubio speaks with Panama Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha before boarding a plane to El Salvador on Monday. via REUTERS The ...