Panama has seen a national strike against privatization, mega-mining, and US imperialism. It is the country’s third period of mass civil unrest since 2022. Capital and the government have retaliated ...

Rubio began his trip in Panama, where he attended Mass at Our Lady of Mercy in Panama City. Talks swiftly pivoted to U.S. priorities: curbing illegal migration, restraining Beijing’s influence ...

The Zone was given back to Panama in 1979, and U.S. control of the canal itself was ceded 20 years later. After the U.S. invaded the country in 1989 to overthrow the government of dictator General ...

A woman places flowers by a portrait depicting one of the Panamanian students who was killed during the January 1964 anti-American riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone, marking Martyrs ...

A holiday honoring Panamanians killed protesting the U.S. presence there in 1964 takes on added resonance amid Trump's threats to retake the Panama Canal.

Seattle, Wash., Feb 7, 2025 / 10:15 am. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio capped a whirlwind tour of Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic this week by signing ...

PANAMA CITY — A Panamanian national holiday remembering the killing of 21 protesters by police and U.S. troops in 1964 is taking on new resonance this year as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump ...

A woman places flowers by a portrait depicting one of the Panamanian students who was killed during the January 1964 anti-American riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone, marking Martyrs ...