Mapping China’s influence around the Panama Canal
President Donald Trump has made repeated claims that China “operates” the Panama Canal in recent weeks and has threatened to take back the waterway to block what he sees as Beijing’s increasing influence.
US military commander meets Panama Canal administrator to discuss countering China
Panama’s president, who was warned about China’s influence by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier this month, reacted with anger.
Nearly 300 deportees from U.S. held in Panama hotel as officials try to return them to their countries
The migrants hailed from 10 mostly Asian countries, including Iran, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and others.
Letters for Feb. 15: Trump right to negate China’s influence over the Panama Canal
Letter writers discuss Donald Trump’s promise to control the Panama Canal, DEI leveling the playing field and Trump’s response to the D.C. plane crash.
Trump deports hundreds to third countries, leaving them in legal limbo
The U.S. has deported more than 400 migrants — from nations as far as China and Vietnam — to Panama and Costa Rica, leaving them in legal limbo.
Panama and China hit back at US ‘lies’ about Beijing’s influence over canal
Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino has told his cabinet not to discuss ‘lies’ while Beijing hit back at Donald Trump’s takeover threats.
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Nearly 300 deportees from US held in Panama hotel as officials try to return them to their countries
The migrants hail from 10 mostly Asian countries, including Iran, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and others.
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Panama Withdraws from China’s BRI Initiative
Panama has officially decided to leave China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), making it the first country in Latin America to do so.
Trump's Mass Deportation Plan Is Characteristically Reckless, Meat-Ax, and Half-Assed
The people in question are from Iran, Afghanistan, China, and other garden spots. Their main offense seems to be that they were here. That they've ended up in Panama is no accident.
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The history of the Panama Canal and reality of its control as Trump threatens action
Since returning to office, President Trump has made repeated claims that China operates the Panama Canal and threatened to take it back from the Panama Canal Authority, which has controlled it since 1999.
Migrants detained in Panama hotel plead for help
Hundreds of migrants, many from the Middle East and China, are in custody in Panama after they were deported from the U.S. as part of an agreement between the two nations. Held in a hotel in Panama City,
Costa Rica and Honduras join Panama as stopovers for deportees from US
A group of families and children hailing from Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan, Russia and more countries climbed down the stairs of a plane in Costa Rica’s capital Thursday, the first flight of deportees from other nations Costa Rica agreed to hold in detention facilities for the Trump administration while it organised the return back to their countries.