China on Monday said Washington's “smear campaigns” against it are an “excuse to control” Latin America, as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Panama Canal faces “ongoing threats ...

The president last week dispatched Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Panama as part of his ongoing effort to reassert American dominance over the isthmus nation’s prized canal. On Monday ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth floated the idea on Wednesday of US troops returning to Panama to "secure" its strategically vital canal ... and its influence in Latin America.

In an environment of heightened tension over China’s burgeoning role in Panama, the trip contained several notables—specifically, the agreements signed regarding the defense of the Panama Canal ...

It’s an amazing structure of dams and locks that allows big ships to avoid long voyages around the tip of South America ... according to the Panama Canal Authority. The United States was ...

with America, and not China,” Hegseth said in a statement on Wednesday during his three-day trip to Panama. Hegseth said a deal with the Panama Canal Authority would allow US warships and ...

The United States will not allow China to jeopardize the operations of the Panama Canal, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned during a visit... Overwhelmed by poverty, Francisca Lares thought ...

The damage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 was so severe that 50 years later, Ronald Reagan provided a cautionary tale ...

Yet America ... Latin American canal. The new administration, meanwhile, vows to "not rule out military force to take Greenland," threatens an annexation of Canada, and demands control of the ...

including Greenland and the Panama Canal. Yet Trump is more accelerant than architect, channeling long-simmering frustrations with global leadership and deeper structural forces pulling U.S. strategy ...

as China's growing influence in Latin America sparks concerns among Republican leaders. Marco Rubio Says He Wil Discuss Control of The Panama Canal In His Visit Even If The President Doesn't Want ...

According to statistics from the Panama Canal Authority, in the fiscal year of 2023 ... The vast amount of Chinese commodities shipped to Latin America and the Caribbean via the CFZ not only ...