Two versions of a joint statement by the Defense Secretary and Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino had a major difference.

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

The US has moved "a lot of troops" to Panama, President Donald Trump said, as he plans to "take back" the Panama Canal.

The Panamanian government announced that lease was being audited and late Monday concluded that there ... area may violate a treaty that led the U.S. to turn the waterway over to Panama in 1999. That ...

He is also visiting following reports that the Trump administration has requested options from the U.S. military to ensure access to the canal, which the United States built more than ... an enormous ...

That being said, it is the US that has shown the intention ... a bargaining chip in its trade talks with other countries. The US control of the canal will be a nightmare for world trade and ...

Settling the future of one of the world’s most strategically important waterways took almost four decades of US diplomacy in the last century. Putting it up for grabs again took President Donald Trump ...

China has hit back at the US after it said it would not allow China to “weaponise” or “threaten” operations of the Panama ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth highlights ongoing threats from China to the Panama Canal, emphasising US-Panama security cooperation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Panama next week to meet with leaders of the Central American country following recent Trump administration allegations of Chinese ...

The Panamanian government announced that lease was being audited and late on Monday concluded that ... canal area may violate a treaty that led the US to turn the waterway over to Panama in 1999. That ...

Hegseth's visit comes amid tensions over US President Donald Trump's repeated assertions that the United States is being overcharged to use the Panama Canal and that China has influence over its ...