Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the Panamanian government’s decision to cut back its ties with the Chinese Communist Party following a trip to visit the Panama Canal. Rubio toured the ...

Through its Belt and Road global development project, China has invested heavily in the area surrounding the Panama Canal in recent years and currently operates two ports on either side of the 50 ...

President Donald Trump upon taking office last month threatened to take control of Panama Canal, built by the U.S. in the early ... Officials say Rubio will use the trip to smooth the acceptance of ...

On his first trip overseas as the top US diplomat, Rubio took a guided tour of the canal accompanied by its Panamanian administrator as a South Korean-affiliated oil tanker and Marshall Islands ...

Trump has complained that China exerts control over the canal and charges U.S. ships six-figure premiums to cross Panama's isthmus. The canal was built over several decades by the U.S. and ...

Rubio, traveling to the Central American country and touring the Panama Canal on his first foreign trip as top U.S. diplomat, held face-to-face talks with Mulino, who has resisted pressure from ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has embarked on his first foreign trip in office, arriving in Central America ... the message that the US wants to reclaim control over the Panama Canal, despite intense ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has embarked on his first foreign trip in office ... that the US wants to reclaim control over the Panama Canal, despite intense resistance from regional leaders.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino that Panama must reduce Chinese influence around the canal or face possible U.S. action. Feb. 2, 2025 U.S. is ‘naive ...

Rubio says Trump sees status quo at Panama Canal as unacceptable Sovereignty ... treaty Rubio on Latin America tour in first overseas trip as top U.S. diplomat PANAMA CITY, Feb 2 (Reuters ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on his first foreign trip in office ... U.S. wants to reclaim control over the Panama Canal despite intense resistance from regional leaders.