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

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino (left) looks on as US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signs a bilateral agreement, in Panama City on Wednesday. FRANCO BRANA/AFP PANAMA CITY — Panama said ...

Since returning to power in January, Donald Trump has vowed to 'take back' control of the strategic waterway that the United ...

While visiting Lima on Thursday, Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino stated he rejected the Pentagon’s attempts to include terms like “permanent military presence,” “military bases,” and “territorial ...

(CNN) — Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and its namesake canal that joins the Atlantic to the ...

Before Defense Secretary Hegseth arrived this week, for example, Panama President José Raúl Mulino's government said it was auditing and sanctioning Chinese companies there — including Hong ...

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino also dismissed Hegseth's suggestion. The Trump administration has previously requested options from the U.S. military on how to increase troop presence in ...

The defense secretary warned China has “too much influence” over the vital waterway and that the Trump administration “is gonna take it back.” Reporter Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ...

On Thursday, a local lawyer filed a legal case against the Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino, accusing him of “crimes against the international personality of the state.” Frustration is growing ...

Governing a tiny nation of 4.5mn people with no army and a long history of US intervention, Panama’s pro-US president José Raúl Mulino had little choice but to swallow his indignation and ...

“It’s deserted.” Panama’s right-wing President José Raúl Mulino vowed to shut down the 70-mile stretch of jungle, and the number of migrants crossing there plummeted by 40% last yea ...