The Panamanian government formally raised concerns with the United Nations over President Trump’s threats to retake the Panama Canal, noting any threat of force would violate rules. In

Panama has complained to the United Nations over US President Donald Trump's "worrying" threat to seize the Panama Canal, even as it launched an audit of the Hong Kong-linked operator of two ports on the interoceanic waterway.

The president has repeatedly discussed his desire to "retake" the Panama Canal and take possession of Greenland.

President Trump’s push to take back control of the strategic waterway stokes memories of a period of U.S. imperial ambition and violence.

China has fired back at President Donald Trump, dismissing his claim that Beijing has seized control of the Panama Canal as baseless and provocative. Newsweek reached out by email to a Trump representative and to Hutchison Ports, a Hong Kong–based port operator that controls ports near the canal, for comment.

In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the government in Panama City referred ... repeated his complaint that China was effectively "operating" the Panama Canal through its growing presence around the waterway, which the United States ...

Panama and China have pushed back against United States President Donald Trump’s controversial claims regarding the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal “was not a gift” from the US, Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino said on Wednesday in response to Trump’s threat to seize control of the strategic waterway.

The president of Panama has formally complained to the United Nations about President Donald Trump's "threats" to acquire the Panama Canal. The New York Times reviewed the letter sent by José Raúl Mulino to U.

President Trump said of the Panama Canal, “We’re taking it back.” The letter from Panama cited articles of the U.N. charter that prohibit member states from using threats and force.

Panama has formally lodged a complaint with the United Nations in response to US President Donald Trump's "worrying" threat to seize control of the Panama Canal. At the same time, the Panamanian government has initiated an audit of the Hong Kong-linked operator managing two ports along the vital waterway.

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino has denied that any other nation was interfering in the canal, which he said was operated on a principle of neutrality. "The canal is and will remain Panama's," Mulino said in response to Trump's threats.

Panama has complained to the United Nations over United States President Donald Trump's "worrying" threat to seize the Panama Canal, even as it launched an audit of the Hong Kong-linked operator of two ports on the interoceanic waterway.