WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio embarks this weekend on his first foreign trip in office, heading to Central ...

China's presence around the Panama Canal is a national security concern that Panama's government has to deal with, Mauricio ...

Rubio's stop in Panama also comes as Trump in recent weeks has said he wants the Panama Canal back under U.S. control, claiming that “American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated ...

China's expanding footprint in Latin America is expected to be high on the agenda when US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Panama next week on his first overseas trip since taking office, ...

State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said Thursday that Rubio will also make stops in Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic on the trip that begins late next week.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit Panama — the country whose ... Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, the officials said. The trip is expected to be Rubio’s first foreign ...

US President Donald Trump has vowed to "take back" control of the Panama Canal ... Guatemala and the Dominican Republic during his inaugural trip. "It's about making sure that if we're going ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to visit Panama in the coming weeks, fleshing out President Donald Trump’s push to regain control of the Panama Canal. The anticipated visit to Panama ...

This includes Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. While Rubio’s ... s a “very legitimate issue” with the Panama Canal, echoing criticism from Trump over China ...

Since 1999, the Panama Canal Authority has held exclusive control ... a trillion-dollar global infrastructure and investment initiative. The Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and ...