Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino in Panama over the weekend, State Department ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino in Panama over the weekend, State Department ...

President José Mulino said Panama's sovereignty over the world's second busiest waterway is not up for discussion.

Trump has repeatedly suggested the U.S. should demand the return of the Panama Canal if Panama does not reduce the fees it ...

The secretary of state said the United States could take steps to “protect its rights.” Panama’s leader said he was sure that ...

President Donald Trump says China is running the Panama Canal and “we’re gonna take it back, or something very powerful’s ...

This is an effective way to stem the flow of illegal migration,” said Secretary Rubio. “And it would have been impossible to ...

Marco Rubio has told Panama’s president to immediately reduce what Donald Trump says is Chinese influence over the Panama ...

Amid pressures from President Trump, Panama will “optimize transit priority” of U.S. Navy ships and will not renew its ...

It comes as Panama's President José Raúl Mulino has said the country will not renew a trade and development agreement with China.

Rubio played the role of the good cop, clearly articulating U.S. interests in a Panama Canal free from Chinese domination and promising economic cooperation in return.

Rubio's office warned that the U.S. would take necessary measures to protect the Panama Canal against China's alleged ...