Rubio’s trip reaffirmed the strategic importance of many Central American countries and the Dominican Republic. These nations ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Trump administration ... Panamanians had agreed to allow US warships to transit the Panama Canal without charge. The US seized another of Maduro’s ...

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - February 07 ... it was "absurd" to charge fees to the US military for using the Panama Canal. (Camera: FRANCESCO SPOTORNO). SOUND BITES: US SECRETARY OF ...

Before reporters on Thursday in the Dominican Republic, Rubio said the United States has "expectations" that Panama will not charge U.S. vessels for using the canal as the U.S. military is obliged ...

PANAMA CITY — President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday denied a claim by the Trump administration that the Central American country had agreed to eliminate tolls for U.S. government ships using the ...

The Panama Canal Authority put out its own terse statement ... said on Thursday from the Dominican Republic that he had no confusion about his discussions with Panama, but “I respect very ...

Rubio arrived in Panama on Saturday for meetings the following day with Mulino and the canal administrator. He will then travel to El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.

Rubio is visiting five nations in Central America and the Caribbean, including El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Panama, where the Panama Canal connects the Atlantic ...

Rubio, the first Latino secretary of state, made the trip in part to reiterate President Trump's concern that China has too much influence over the Panama Canal, and needs control of the waterway ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is preparing for his first official trip to Latin America under President Donald Trump’s ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the Central American ally must immediately reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or ...

Rubio will arrive in Panama on Saturday for meetings the following day with Mulino and the canal administrator. He will then travel to El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.