Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama ...

President José Mulino said Panama's sovereignty over the world's second busiest waterway is not up for discussion.

The State Department claimed it had struck a deal that would save the U.S. government “millions of dollars a year.” ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio brought a warning to Panamanian leader José Raúl Mulino on Sunday: Immediately reduce ...

China’s combination of presence, influence, and compromising relationships within Panama’s elite gives it numerous ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns Panama's President, Jose Raul Mulino, about China's influence on the Panama Canal, ...

Something very powerful is going to happen,” Trump warned from Washington, casting a shadow over Rubio’s diplomatic mission ...

However, Chinese companies have invested heavily ... speaking to the BBC by the locks of the canal's Pacific entrance. "I heard the bombs and started seeing people dying… The only thing ...

Trump has objected to Chinese companies investing in ports ... Ricaurte Vasquez during a tour at the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal in Panama City (POOL/AFP via Getty) Panama renewed the ...

Rubio crossed the lock and visited the control tower ... and port facilities at either end of the canal are run by a China-based company, leaving the waterway vulnerable to pressure from the ...