US Defense Secretary Peat Hegseth said that Beijing was threatening to operate the Panama Canal, China has slammed the “bullying nature” of the United States. Beijing said that US authorities had “attacked” on the major waterway to carry forward their own interests. China is also allegedly affecting the US investment firm Blackrock Blackrock’s Trump administration-supported … Read more
Panama City: The US will withdraw the Panama Canal, which will eliminate China’s influence in one of the most important waterways in the world, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said today after a rare visit to the Central American nation. Marking the first visit by the US Defense Secretary for Panama in decades, Mr. Hegseth … Read more
Washington: The US military must work to provide options to ensure the United States has full access to the Panama Canal, two US officials told Reuters on Thursday. President Donald Trump has said repeatedly he wants to “take back” the Panama Canal, which is located at the narrowest part of the isthmus between North and … Read more
Washington DC: China has slammed the United States for “smearing and sabotaging” its Belt and Road Initiative in Panama through “pressure and coercion” after the Latin American country pulled out of the Chinese infrastructure program, following pressure from US President Donald Trump to reduce Beijing’s influence in the Panama Canal. Beijing also condemned a “Cold … Read more
Santo Domingo: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday it was “absurd” for US naval vessels to pay to transit the Panama Canal, after Panama’s president denied an agreement on free passage. “I find it absurd that we would have to pay fees to transit a zone we are obligated to protect in time … Read more
Washington, United States: The United States said Wednesday that its government vessels would be allowed to sail for free through the Panama Canal, following heavy pressure from President Donald Trump. “US government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees, saving the US government millions of dollars a year,” the State Department said … Read more
Panama City: Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday ruled out negotiations with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal as he prepares to host Donald Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Trump, in his inaugural address on January 20, alleged that China was effectively “operating” the waterway which the United States handed … Read more
Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to “take back” the Panama Canal, the world’s second busiest interoceanic waterway, spurring concerns that the United States could invade the Central American nation. Donald Trump argues that Panama has broken a pledge of neutrality made when the United States transferred the canal to Panama in 1999, … Read more
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would travel to Panama and several other countries in the region later next week, his spokesperson said on Thursday. “Secretary Rubio will travel to Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic starting late next week,” State Department Spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said. Rubio, 53, was sworn … Read more