The right-wing Mulino government has imposed Operation Omega to crack down on working class resistance to austerity measures.

Panama's voters approved a 2006 referendum authorizing a major expansion of the canal to accommodate larger modern cargo ships. The expansion took until 2016 and cost more than $5.2 billion.

During a visit to Panama on April 9, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declared that Washington “will not allow China to threaten the security or operations of the canal,” as quoted by AFP. ...

Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the highest pride.” More than a century later, Donald Trump is ...

Panama and the US signed agreements on security and regional cooperation, but the issue of control over the canal remains unresolved. The two countries use different wording in their statements ...

Rubio threatens Panama’s president over canal, saying status quo is ‘unacceptable’ Secretary of State Marco Rubio is arguing that the presence of two Hong Kong companies and other Chinese ...

The transaction, which includes strategically important Panama Canal ports, has drawn scrutiny from both Washington and ...

Daily on Defense: Trump threatens ‘something very powerful’ to take back Panama Canal, US wants Ukraine elections, Starmer meets with Rutte, key votes on the Hill.

When President Jimmy Carter traveled to Panama in June 1978 to finalize hotly disputed treaties turning over the Panama Canal, he declared that “we stand on the threshold of a new era.”. More ...

More than 35 years have passed since the U.S. invaded Panama to oust the dictator Manuel Noriega, but threats by President Donald Trump to reclaim the Panama Canal – by force if necessary – are ...

Panama says the U.S. government has recognized the country’s sovereignty over the Panama Canal, but it’s unclear if Washington fully agrees with that assertion. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said the U.S. will take back the Panama Canal from "China’s influence" as Washington tries to reassert control over the major trade route. "The ...