The president questioned the US diplomat about a statement regarding antennas, along with the Ministry of Security, which places Panama in the dangerous conflict between Beijing and Washington. Less than two months have passed since the arrival of the United States ambassador to Panama, Kevin Marino Cabrera, and the first meeting with the Panamanian government…
https://newsroompanama.com/2025/05/12/what-does-the-us-china-tariff-deal-mean-for-the-panama-canal/ The US and China have agreed a truce to lower import taxes on goods being traded between the two countries. That means more ships traveling through the Panama Canal. Good for Panama. Good for the world. The agreement marks a major de-escalation of the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies, which…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzlk259g2o A Hong Kong-based company has agreed to sell most of its stake in two key ports on the Panama Canal to a group led by US investment firm BlackRock. The sale comes after weeks of complaining by President Donald Trump that the canal is under Chinese control and that the US should take control…
https://www.laestrella.com.pa/panama/abogado-presenta-denuncia-contra-ministro-del-canal-por-traicion-FE12437543 Attorney Neftalí Jaén filed the complaint based on the joint statement signed by the Minister and the Secretary of Defense of the United States. On Monday, May 5, attorney Neftalí Jaén filed a criminal complaint against Canal Minister José Icaza Clement for possibly committing a crime against the international personality of the State. https://www.laestrella.com.pa/panama/abogado-presenta-denuncia-contra-ministro-del-canal-por-traicion-FE12437543…
https://newsroompanama.com/2025/04/22/the-worlds-eyes-are-focused-on-the-panama-canal/ There is an adage “nothing happens in a vacuum” and that is particularly true of strategic waterways like the Panama Canal. The Trump Administration’s pressuring of Panama to sell the two container terminals at each end of the Panama Canal owned by Panama Ports Company, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong owned CK Hutchinson…
“What we want is precisely to move towards a port facility, a mega port facility,” said the president. Mulino reaffirms Panamanian sovereignty over the Canal, 25 years after its restoration. https://www.laestrella.com.pa/economia/mulino-quiere-un-megapuerto-que-complemente-negocios-del-canal-de-panama-OE11266392#goog_rewarded Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday, March 20, that he wants to build a megaport on the Pacific to complement the Panama Canal ‘s business , and…
https://newsroompanama.com/2025/03/11/orlando-perez-retaking-the-canal-is-not-feasible-and-even-trumps-advisors-know-it/ Trump won’t let go of the Canal. Orlando Pérez, a political scientist and expert on the Panama-United States relationship, tries to explain the complex situation. Should Panama be worried about Trump and the Canal or is it just a show? Trump has always seen the treaties as a mistake and will continue to…
World Bank: Panama faces challenges in human capital development and quality of employment OP ED: “JB” Hello friends, Ex-Pats, and my adopted Panamanian bretheren. I will openly admit that Donald Trump makes for a very EASY and VALID target for all the venom and vitriol he is receiving over the hulla-balloo about…
Two Panamanian lawyers have lodged a lawsuit with the country’s supreme court in an attempt to cancel a Hong Kong-based company’s concession to operate two ports at either end of the Panama canal. Their complaint – filed a day after the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, told Panama’s president, José Raúl Mulino, to reduce China’s alleged…
OP ED: “JB”- If you have not read ALL of my recent posts on the US-Panama “CONFLICT”- for lack of a better term. Let me just simplify and summarize. EVERYONE KNOWS – PANAMA has competely RAPED-PILLAGED-and FUCKED the Canal Zone for 40 YEARS to benefit the wealthy and iconoclast elite of Panama. NO DEBATE HERE. …
