The United States will "take back" the Panama Canal from Chinese influence, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed to deepen security cooperation with Panama's forces and said China would not be ...

The Panama Canal handles over 40% of US container traffic, with an annual value of approximately $270 billion.

Hegseth, the first U.S. defense secretary to visit in decades, arrives at a particularly delicate moment as Panama wrestles ...

Hegseth was greeted by Panama Public Security Minister Frank Abrego and held closed-door meetings with President Jose Raul ...

Panama has also agreed to end an infrastructure agreement with China and conduct a financial audit of Hong Kong–based CK ...

Together with Panama in the lead ... from South America by those crossing through his country's dangerous Darien jungle. Hegseth praised Mulino, saying his government understood the threat ...

Together with Panama in the lead ... from South America by those crossing through his country’s dangerous Darien jungle. Hegseth praised Mulino, saying his government understood the threat ...

Migrant crossings through the once-overrun and dangerous ... s deserted.” Panama’s right-wing President José Raúl Mulino vowed to shut down the 70-mile stretch of jungle, and the number ...