Panama /tags/panama Panama en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:30:00 GMT How the heavy-metal fall of a dictator shapes Trump’s Venezuela policy /americas/2025-11-12/how-the-heavy-metal-fall-of-a-dictator-shapes-trumps-venezuela-policy Seizing Panama’s leader was relatively easy. But the similarities between Panama and Venezuela are dangerously misleading, some analysts warn. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:30:00 GMT /americas/2025-11-12/how-the-heavy-metal-fall-of-a-dictator-shapes-trumps-venezuela-policy Michael Crowley | The New York Times Has Trump backed off his threat to seize the Panama Canal? /americas/2025-04-10/panama-canal-trump-hegseth-china While visiting Panama this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not mention President Trump's pledge to take back the Panama Canal. Was it just a ploy to make Panama resolve to get tougher on China? Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:34:45 GMT /americas/2025-04-10/panama-canal-trump-hegseth-china Tim Padgett What Trump’s deportation plans mean for Central America /americas/2025-02-26/what-trumps-deportation-plans-mean-for-central-america Deporting migrants to Central American countries removes many political and legal hurdles for the Trump administration. How far can the practice go before these nations reach a breaking point? Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:23:25 GMT /americas/2025-02-26/what-trumps-deportation-plans-mean-for-central-america Annie Correal | The New York Times The Panama Canal needs more water. The solution is a dam that could displace thousands /npr-breaking-news/2025-02-24/the-panama-canal-needs-more-water-the-solution-is-a-dam-that-could-displace-thousands More than 2,000 people could be displaced by the construction of the Río Indio dam. The Panama Canal Authority says the dam solves a long-term water shortage problem. Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:57:20 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2025-02-24/the-panama-canal-needs-more-water-the-solution-is-a-dam-that-could-displace-thousands Rolando Arrieta, Ari Shapiro, Karen Zamora, Courtney Dorning Panama sends 97 U.S. deportees to migrant camp after they refused to be repatriated /npr-breaking-news/2025-02-20/panama-sends-97-u-s-deportees-to-migrant-camp-after-they-refused-to-be-repatriated The migrants refused to be repatriated to their countries. They will be held in a migration facility near the Darien Gap along the Colombian border until third countries can be found to take them. Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:09:22 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2025-02-20/panama-sends-97-u-s-deportees-to-migrant-camp-after-they-refused-to-be-repatriated The Associated Press Rubio: Panama must reduce Chinese influence around canal or face possible U.S. action /americas/2025-02-02/rubio-panama-must-reduce-chinese-influence-around-canal-or-face-possible-u-s-action The former Florida senator, traveling to the Central American country and touring the Panama Canal on his first foreign trip as top U.S. diplomat, held face-to-face talks with Mulino, who has resisted pressure from the new U.S. government over management of a waterway that is vital to global trade. Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:58:44 GMT /americas/2025-02-02/rubio-panama-must-reduce-chinese-influence-around-canal-or-face-possible-u-s-action Matthew Lee and Juan Zamorano | Associated Press Rubio will visit Central America, including Panama, on first trip abroad as secretary of state /americas/2025-01-24/rubio-secretary-of-state-central-america Former Florida senator Marco Rubio will make his first official trip abroad to Central America including Panama, which President Donald Trump has riled with talk of trying to reclaim the Panama Canal. Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:28:19 GMT /americas/2025-01-24/rubio-secretary-of-state-central-america Associated Press Cabrera controversy or not, Miami is a focus of Trump's diplomatic team /americas/2025-01-14/trump-panama-canal-ambassador President-elect Trump's made several ambassador picks in Miami and South Florida. Is their lack of diplomatic experience a valid concern — especially when it comes to Panama, the canal and China? Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT /americas/2025-01-14/trump-panama-canal-ambassador Tim Padgett Why are so many Indigenous Panamanians contracting HIV — and dying of AIDS? /npr-breaking-news/2025-01-11/why-are-so-many-indigenous-panamanians-contracting-hiv-and-dying-of-aids The government provides HIV medicines free of charge. Yet in one Indigenous territory, cases and deaths are increasing at an alarming rate. Sat, 11 Jan 2025 15:49:10 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2025-01-11/why-are-so-many-indigenous-panamanians-contracting-hiv-and-dying-of-aids Adam Williams Panama unsettled by Trump threat to seize canal /americas/2025-01-08/panama-unsettled-by-trump-threat-to-seize-canal Few took the president-elect’s combative comments at face value, but they still sent a shudder through a country that the United States has invaded before. Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:34:17 GMT /americas/2025-01-08/panama-unsettled-by-trump-threat-to-seize-canal Annie Correal and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega | The New York Times