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News Wrap: Panama’s president rejects U.S. claim of canal transit fee deal
In our news wrap Thursday, Panama's president is pushing back on U.S. claims that a deal over transit fees for the Panama Canal was reached, the NCAA updated its transgender policy to limit women's ...
Panama’s president denies making a deal that US ships can transit the canal for free
Panama President José Raúl Mulino has rejected the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a deal allowing ...
The Diplomat1d
Beyond the Canal: The Real Risk of China’s Engagement in Panama
China’s combination of presence, influence, and compromising relationships within Panama’s elite gives it numerous ...
WBUR2d
What's China's relationship to the Panama Canal?
Panama has made some concessions to the United States after Secretary of State Marco Rubio echoed President Trump's concerns about Chinese influence over the Panama Canal during a recent trip to the ...
'It cost us tears and blood':Trump’s Panama Canal threat stirs up memories of US imperialist past
The aggressive rhetoric of US President Donald Trump has shocked Panamanians, who see the waterway as a source of enormous ...
Opinion
Opinion: Yes, the Panama Canal was built at a dear price — paid in Black lives
Trump is right to lament the lives lost for the creation of the canal. They were mostly Black Caribbean migrant workers, living and dying under Jim Crow conditions that the U.S. imposed in Panama.
NBC 6 South Florida15d
Trump says China controls the Panama Canal — but here's how it really works
A quarter-century after the U.S. handed control of the Panama Canal to Panama, President Donald Trump wants to take it back. Early this month, Trump suggested he would consider using military ...
Wall Street Journal17d
Why Trump Sees a Chinese Threat at the Panama Canal, and Locals Don’t
PANAMA CITY, Panama—President Trump’s reasons for wanting control of the Panama Canal can be found at either end of the interoceanic waterway. Every day, dozens of cargo ships pass by blue ...
The Daily Telegraph17d
Who controls the Panama Canal and why is Trump threatening to take it?
Jimmy Carter and Omar Torrijos at the signing of the Panama Canal Treaty which has been in Donald Trump’s cross hairs Credit: HUM Images Mr Trump criticised the recently deceased Jimmy Carter ...
MyNorthwest.com17d
Panama, familiar with US intervention, bristles at Trump’s comments on canal
U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence Monday that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control fed nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the critical trade route and ...