Panama on Thursday rejected the United States' claim of securing free passage for its government vessels through the Panama Canal, while bowing to US pressure ... President Xi Jinping's signature ...

Panama Rejects False Claim on US Government Ships Free Canal Passage By ... of dollars for U.S. taxpayers. However, just a day later, on February 6, Panama’s president denied these claims ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Panama ... S. national security interests under President Trump’s leadership, to include ensuring unfettered access to the Panama Canal and keeping ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said China poses an ongoing threat to the Panama Canal, but that together the US and Panama will keep the key waterway secure. Speaking at a ribbon cutting ...

Panamanian authorities announced their audit of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison in January after US President Donald Trump declared his intention to take back the Panama Canal ...

Panama’s government has approved safe passage for embattled former President Ricardo Martinelli to leave the country for Nicaragua, after facing prison for money laundering. Foreign Affairs ...

Hegseth is the second senior US official to visit Panama since President Donald ... refuting Hegseth's claim that Beijing interferes in the operations of the canal. "China has never taken part ...

Hegseth was greeted by Panama ... Canal on Tuesday, as he kicks off a rare visit to a Central American nation still unsettled by President Donald Trump's threats to take back the canal. US ...

But Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino asserted the canal “is, and will continue to be, Panamanian,” as it has been since 1999. Hegseth’s visit to the country included a meeting with ...