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Ex-President Martinelli gets Panama's permission to take asylum in Nicaragua
Read full article: Ex-President Martinelli gets Panama's permission to take asylum in NicaraguaPanama Foreign Affairs Minister Javier Martínez-Acha Vásquez says that Ex-Panama President Ricardo Martinelli will be allowed to leave the Nicaraguan embassy where he’s been holed up for more than a year to travel to Nicaragua.
Panama reopens talks about the future of a controversial copper mine, but opposition remains
Read full article: Panama reopens talks about the future of a controversial copper mine, but opposition remainsMore than a year after Panama’s Supreme Court halted operations at a huge copper mine because its government concession was deemed unconstitutional, there’s a fresh push with the new Panamanian president to restart the mine.
Hong Kong's leader swipes at Trump but avoids criticism of tycoon's deal to sell Panama Port assets
Read full article: Hong Kong's leader swipes at Trump but avoids criticism of tycoon's deal to sell Panama Port assetsHong Kong’s leader says his government opposes coercion by foreign governments, an allusion to comments by U.S. President Donald Trump, but stopped short of criticizing a prominent local conglomerate’s decision to sell its Panama Canal port assets to a consortium including American investment bank BlackRock Inc. John Lee was speaking during a news briefing after Beijing’s Hong Kong affairs office reposted newspaper commentaries critical of the deal between the constortium and CK Hutchison...
Panama president calls Trump's talk of 'reclaiming' the Panama Canal a lie
Read full article: Panama president calls Trump's talk of 'reclaiming' the Panama Canal a liePanama President José Raúl Mulino has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of lying when Trump said in his address to Congress the night before that his administration was “reclaiming” the Panama Canal.
BlackRock strikes deal to bring ports on both sides of Panama Canal under American control
Read full article: BlackRock strikes deal to bring ports on both sides of Panama Canal under American controlA Hong Kong-based conglomerate has agreed to sell its controlling stake in a subsidiary that operates ports near the Panama Canal to a consortium including BlackRock Inc., effectively putting the ports under American control after President Donald Trump alleged Chinese interference with the operations of the critical shipping lane.
Panama and Costa Rica turning into a 'black hole' for migrants and deportees from US, observers warn
Read full article: Panama and Costa Rica turning into a 'black hole' for migrants and deportees from US, observers warnOfficials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants’ passports and cellphones, denying them access to legal services and moving them between remote outposts as they wrestle with the logistics of a suddenly reversed migration flow.
Nearly 300 deportees from US held in Panama hotel as officials try to return them to their countries
Read full article: Nearly 300 deportees from US held in Panama hotel as officials try to return them to their countriesPanama is detaining in a hotel nearly 300 people from various countries deported by the United States, not allowing them to leave while waiting for international authorities to organize a return to their countries.
US deports 119 migrants from a variety of nations to Panama
Read full article: US deports 119 migrants from a variety of nations to PanamaPanama's president has said his country has received the first U.S. flight carrying deportees from other nations as the Trump administration takes Panama up on its offer to act as a stopover for expelled migrants.
Here's how Rubio's first trip abroad as top US diplomat got overshadowed by foreign policy at home
Read full article: Here's how Rubio's first trip abroad as top US diplomat got overshadowed by foreign policy at homeU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused exclusively on issues close to his heart: immigration, counternarcotics and curbing Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere.
Panama's president denies making a deal that US warships can transit the canal for free
Read full article: Panama's president denies making a deal that US warships can transit the canal for freePanama President José Raúl Mulino has rejected the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a deal allowing U.S. warships to transit the Panama Canal for free.
Rubio says El Salvador offers to accept deportees from US of any nationality, including Americans
Read full article: Rubio says El Salvador offers to accept deportees from US of any nationality, including AmericansU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has left El Salvador with an agreement from that country’s president to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality, including violent American criminals now imprisoned in the United States.
Rubio says Panama must reduce Chinese influence around the canal or face possible US action
Read full article: Rubio says Panama must reduce Chinese influence around the canal or face possible US actionU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told Panama’s president that the country must reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or face potential retaliation from the Trump administration.
Rubio says Trump’s interest in Greenland and Panama Canal is legit and driven by China concerns
Read full article: Rubio says Trump’s interest in Greenland and Panama Canal is legit and driven by China concernsSecretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland and retake control of the Panama Canal is driven by legitimate national security interests stemming from growing concerns about Chinese activity in the Arctic and in Latin America.
Panama, familiar with US intervention, bristles at Trump's comments on canal
Read full article: Panama, familiar with US intervention, bristles at Trump's comments on canalPresident 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.S. military intervention.
Panama Canal administrator pushes back against Trump's assertions of Chinese meddling
Read full article: Panama Canal administrator pushes back against Trump's assertions of Chinese meddlingThe administrator of the Panama Canal has responded to criticisms from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, denying that there is any interference from China in the canal’s operations and saying giving special privileges to any nation would only cause problems.
Panama marks Martyrs' Day as Trump threatens to retake control of Panama Canal
Read full article: Panama marks Martyrs' Day as Trump threatens to retake control of Panama CanalA Panamanian national holiday remembering the killing of 21 protesters by police and U.S. troops in 1964 is taking on new resonance this year as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatens to take back control of the Panama Canal.
Venezuelan opposition leader rallies support in Panama ahead of Maduro inauguration
Read full article: Venezuelan opposition leader rallies support in Panama ahead of Maduro inaugurationSelf-exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González is rallying regional support for the opposition's claims that he won the July election against President Nicolás Maduro.
Trump threatens to try to take back the Panama Canal. Panama's president balks at the suggestion
Read full article: Trump threatens to try to take back the Panama Canal. Panama's president balks at the suggestionDonald Trump is suggesting that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal.
Panama says migration through border with Colombia is down since President Mulino took office
Read full article: Panama says migration through border with Colombia is down since President Mulino took officePanama's border police says that migration through the Darien Gap dividing Colombia and Panama has declined significantly this month since Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino took office and ordered authorities to get control of the dense jungle frontier.