Panama, Trump

Trump’s Threat to Retake the Panama Canal: What You Really Need to Know
Trump’s threat occurs as Panama became an elected member of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term in January, thrusting the small Central American country into the spotlight there as well.
Panamanians say the canal is theirs and always will be
A black, massive Hong Kong-registered ship inched its way through the churning waters of the Panama Canal — guided by tugboats stern and aft, and sweating Panamanians hoisting yellow ropes to latch onto the ship's higher levels.
Opinion
The Panama Canal: A Trump obsession more sideshow than substance
For decades, Trump has railed against Jimmy Carter’s decision to give the canal to Panama.
Why does Trump want the Panama Canal?
On this episode Jonny Dymond speaks to Julie Greene, a professor of American studies at the University of Maryland, about the storied history of the Panama Canal. And the BBC’s North America business correspondent Michelle Fleury discusses the politics and economics behind the Trump administration's diplomatic pursuit of the trade route.
How seizing the Panama Canal fits into Trump’s vision for Latin America
The Trump administration is framing the President’s vow to take back the Panama Canal as an economic investment, not “imperialistic expansion."
Trump, Rubio and the Panama Canal rhumba
The Panama Canal is back in the headlines after President Donald Trump raised political and security concerns over the future of the strategic waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The heart of his argument is that the canal,
As Marco Rubio Arrives, The Future Of The Panama Canal Is On The Line
As Washington threatens and Panama refusing to back down, a struggle to control this key trade, security and immigration ...
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Panama’s president denies making a deal that US warships can transit the canal for free
The Panama Canal Authority put out its own terse statement ... I find it absurd that we would have to pay fees to transit a zone that we are obligated to protect in a time of conflict.” ...
Washington Examiner7d
Would Trump really invade Panama to reclaim the canal by force?
“The Panama Canal is managed by the Panama Canal Authority ... known as “debt trap diplomacy,” along with its “gray zone” tactics in which military facilities are disguised as commercial ...
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Rubio says Panama must reduce China’s influence around canal zone or face possible U.S. action
Immediately reduce what President Donald Trump says is Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or face potential ...
Rubio walks back State Department’s claim of free Panama Canal transit for US government vessels
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the assertion of the State Department that Panama “has agreed to no longer ...
Yahoo13d
Donald Trump's grab for the Panama Canal
Native Panamanians were removed from the Canal Zone, which had been the most populous part of Panama, in part to make conditions more "hygienic", and it became effectively a US colony. This was ...
‘There will be many casualties’: Panama girds for war as Rubio opens talks
PANAMA CITY — Marco Rubio’s weekend visit to Panama is set to offer clues to a pressing question: whether the next four years ...
Monroe News5dOpinion
Sovereignty, ownership, and the Panama Canal | Opinion
The 1903 agreement between the U.S. and Panama granted the U.S. control of the Canal Zone, but not ownership, as Panama ...