President José Mulino said Panama's sovereignty over the world's second busiest waterway is not up for discussion.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has demanded that Panama make "immediate changes" to what he calls the "influence and ...

Panama's José Raúl Mulino announced that his country would not renew its agreement with China's Belt and Road Initiative ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the Central American ally must ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland and retake control of the Panama ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a warning from President Trump over the weekend, telling Panama's leaders that they ...

Rubio played the role of the good cop, clearly articulating U.S. interests in a Panama Canal free from Chinese domination and promising economic cooperation in return.

Rubio told Mulino that Trump had made a preliminary determination that China’s presence in the canal area violates a treaty that led to the United States turning the waterway over to Panama in ...

He has refused to rule out use of military force over Panama, drawing criticism from Washington's Latin American friends and foes alike. Rubio, a longtime China hawk during his Senate career ...

In his first foreign visit as secretary of state, Rubio echoed Trump’s stance in his conversations with Mulino. The cabinet appointee said China’s perceived control over the Panama Canal area ...