Panama has owned and administered the Panama Canal for nearly three decades. President Trump wants to change that to counter growing Chinese influence in Latin America.

When I first travelled to Panama City in 2012, the big real estate story – in a town obsessed with real estate – was the Trump Ocean Club. My driver from Tocumen airport, Roberto, had chauffeured its namesake the previous year.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control is feeding nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the critical trade route and a country familiar with U.

We're taking it back.' Trump inauguration speech claim that the U.S. will regain control of the Panama Canal spurs immediate reaction in Panama.

Current and former government officials, senior canal ... Panama was also forged by his personal experiences there. Those began with the 2003 Trump-owned Miss Universe contest held in Panama City ...

Panama - January 24, 2025 25 years after the canal was transferred by the United States to Panama, the channel “has not stopped growing”, as the Panamanian government defends, with more tons in transit and economic contributions to the State,

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