Anna Moneymaker / Getty ImagesCommentary Trump Orders Military to Plan Operation for Retaking Panama Canal: Report Officials said while the U.S. is considering increasing its military presence in Panama, an invasion is unlikely. By Samantha Chang March 14, 2025
Luis Acosta - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Unsung Benefit of Tough Border Policy on Full Display: Number of US-Bound Migrants Plummets to Levels Not Seen in Years The number of migrants traversing Panama's dangerous Darién Gap in February fell to its lowest number since November 2020. By Randy DeSoto March 13, 2025
Glowimages / Getty ImagesCommentary Did Trump Just Win Over Beijing? Panama Canal Ports Held by Chinese Entity Will Be Transferred to US Ownership Hong Kong company CK Hutchison announced the sale of two ports in the Panama Canal to American asset management firm BlackRock. By Ben Zeisloft March 6, 2025
Adek Berry - AFP / Getty Images ; Tom Brenner - The Washington Post / Getty ImagesCommentary Report: China's Xi Jinping Is Secretly Terrified by Trump's Recent Moves, Desperately Wants to Avoid Escalation An anxious Xi has reportedly studied both Trump and recent world history very closely in an effort to counter the savvy American president. By Michael Schwarz March 6, 2025
Paul Montenegro - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Panicking Costa Rica and Panama Get Painful Justice as They Face Immigrant Nightmare US Faced Under Joe Biden Central American nations are having to grapple with an influx of migrants into their countries after turning back from the U.S. By Ben Zeisloft February 17, 2025
Isaac Guzman - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Wary Illegal Aliens Have Started a 'Reverse Flow' Trend After Just a Few Weeks of Trump Admin Policies Reports of migrants moving southward suggest that Trump's policies have already begun to solve Biden's humanitarian crisis. By Michael Schwarz February 13, 2025
Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesCommentary Trump's Threats Deliver a Big Win as Panama Agrees to Alter Course on Canal Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino announced Sunday that his country will be ending a development deal with communist China. By Randy DeSoto February 3, 2025
Danny Lehman / Getty ImagesOp-Ed Trump, China, and the Panama Canal: America's Fight for Control "... [T]he United States now faces a dilemma: how to counteract the creeping influence of China's state-owned enterprises ..." By Phil Hotsenpiller January 5, 2025
Rebecca Noble / Getty ImagesCommentary Trump Delivers Ultimate Christmas Post, Mocks Trudeau, and Says 'Go to Hell' to 1 Group of People The president-elect ended his Christmas post, saying, "in 26 days, we will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. MERRY CHRISTMAS!." By C. Douglas Golden December 26, 2024
Rebecca Noble / Getty Images ; Martin Bernetti - AFP / Getty Images Trump Responds to Panama's President as Canal Dust-Up Escalates: 'We'll See About That' President-elect Donald Trump responded after the president of Panama said the country would not return the Panama Canal to the United States. By Ben Zeisloft December 23, 2024