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Workers carry out maintenance at the Pedro Miguel locks of the Panama Canal during routine upkeep in Panama City, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Hong Kong’s C.K. Hutchison seeks Chinese investor to join Panama Ports deal

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the Central American Security Conference in Panama City, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Hegseth says China’s military presence in western hemisphere is ‘too large’

By Juan Zamorano - Associated Press

Spirits with and without the star mark in Bilka in Randers, Denmark, making it easier for customers to buy European goods, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

‘Danish Viking blood is boiling’: Danes boycott U.S. goods with fervor as others in Europe do so too

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Cranes load and unload containers from cargo ships at the Cristobal port, operated by the Panama Ports Company, in Colon, Panama, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Panama’s president denies making a deal that U.S. warships can transit the canal for free

By Alma Solís - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, fourth from left, tours the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal in Panama City, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Panama denies eliminating fees for U.S. warships going through the Panama Canal

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with President Nayib Bukele at his residence at Lake Coatepeque in El Salvador, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Rubio says El Salvador will take deportees from U.S. of any nationality

By Matthew Lee and Juan Zamorano - Associated Press

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after being sworn in by Vice President JD Vance in the Vice Presidential Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Rubio is off to Central America with the Panama Canal and immigration top of mind

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

A cargo ship traverses the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon, Panama, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Panama’s president rules out canal discussion with Rubio during upcoming visit

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after being sworn in by Vice President JD Vance in the Vice Presidential Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

With Trump’s canal demands on the table, Rubio tries to focus on China on Panama trip

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Cargo ships wait to transit the Panama Canal in Panama City on June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) **FILE**

Panama Canal ‘vulnerable’ to Chinese aggression that U.S. could preempt, law scholar tells Senators

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after being sworn in by Vice President JD Vance in the Vice Presidential Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Rubio will visit Central America, including Panama, on first trip abroad as secretary of state

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

A cargo ship traverses the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon, Panama, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

House bill introduced to authorize U.S. buyback of the Panama Canal

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., questions witnesses during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

House Republican plans to introduce legislation giving Trump green light to buy Panama Canal

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says Panama Canal is ‘under discussion’ with Panama

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump plants MAGA flag on world stage, puts Denmark, Panama, Canada on notice

By Jeff Mordock, Mallory Wilson and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: Trump is right about the Panama Canal

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Trump threatens to try to take back the Panama Canal. Panama’s president balks at the suggestion

By Bill Barrow and Will Weissert - Associated Press

FILE - Presidential candidate Jose Raul Mulino holds his granddaughter Sofia accompanied by his daughter Monique, Sofia's mother, during a campaign event, in Panama City, April 26, 2024. Mulino replaced former president Ricardo Martinelli as the candidate for the Achieving Goals party. Martinelli was barred from running in March, because the ex-president was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for money laundering. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Jose Raul Mulino wins Panama’s presidential election

Associated Press

Panama Canal Zone Russia Ban Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Close the Panama Canal to Russia, as a shot across the bow to China

By Roger Pardo-Maurer

China's Play for Panama Canal Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Losing strategic control of the Panama Canal to the People’s Republic of China

By Ron MacCammon