US deports to Panama nearly 120 migrants of different nationalities
Panama City, Panama Reuters The United States deported 119 people of different nationalities to Panama as part of an agreement between the administration of US President Donald Trump and the Central American nation, Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday. The first flight from the US, carrying people from Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Nepal, […]
Rubio tells Panama to end China’s influence of canal or face US action
Panama City, Panama Reuters US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday warned Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino that Washington will “take measures necessary” if Panama does not immediately take steps to end what President Donald Trump sees as China’s influence and control over the Panama Canal. Mulino, after the talks with the top US […]
Trump vows again to take back Panama Canal, talks of “Manifest Destiny” in space
Washington DC, US Reuters Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered an inauguration speech in which he invoked the 19th century expansionist doctrine of “Manifest Destiny.” Doubling down on his pre-inauguration threat to reimpose US control over the canal, Trump again […]
As Panama remembers bloody past, a message for Trump: the canal is ours
Panama City, Panama Reuters Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against US control of the Panama Canal in 1964, with some protesters burning an effigy of President-elect Donald Trump who has threatened to retake the vital global waterway. More than 20 Panamanians, many of them students, died […]
Trump threatens to retake control of Panama Canal
West Palm Beach, Florida, US Reuters President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert US control over the Panama Canal on Sunday, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage and drawing a sharp rebuke from Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino. Speaking to a crowd of supporters in Arizona, Trump also said he […]
Panama seeks Latin American summit to support democracy in Venezuela
Panama City, Panama Reuters Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said on Tuesday he wants to host a summit of 17 Latin American presidents to discuss the political situation in Venezuela and support democracy in the country following its contested election late last month. Mulino made the announcement in a post on X, instructing his foreign […]
Panama’s new President promises to curb illegal migration, boost economy
Panama City, Panama Reuters Panama’s new president, Jose Raul Mulino, took office on Monday vowing to reactive the economy and put the brakes on illegal immigration coming through the Central American nation’s southern jungle. Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino, with his wife Marisel Cohen de Mulino, and National Assembly President Dana Castaneda, gestures during his […]
Mulino wins Panama presidency with support from convicted former leader
Panama City Reuters Panama’s former security minister Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday stormed to victory in a presidential poll dominated by his old boss, the corruption tainted ex-leader Ricardo Martinelli, who buttressed his campaign while holed up in Nicaragua’s embassy. Mulino was one of the favorites for the presidency after he stepped in to replace […]