Panama City (AFP) – US President Donald Trump's bid to take back control of the Panama Canal has put his counterpart Jose Raul Mulino in a difficult position and revived fears in the Central ...

US President Donald Trump's bid to take back control of the Panama Canal has put his counterpart Jose Raul Mulino in a difficult position and revived fears in the Central American country that US ...

The defense secretary warned China has “too much influence” over the vital waterway and that the Trump administration “is gonna take it back.” Reporter Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ...

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino, who visited Peru on Thursday, said he told Hegseth that US bases, allowed under an earlier draft, would be "unacceptable." "Do you want to create a mess ...

However, a longer-term rotational force -- such as the one the United States maintains in Darwin, Australia -- could prove politically toxic for Panama's center-right leader Jose Raul Mulino.

Current and former US officials and experts say the US has found a willing partner in Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino, whom Mr Hegseth met on April 8, in tackling Chinese influence.

Before Defense Secretary Hegseth arrived this week, for example, Panama President José Raúl Mulino's government said it was auditing and sanctioning Chinese companies there — including Hong ...