The move could herald a new front in the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations, one that allows for more rapid ...

The 1903 agreement between the U.S. and Panama granted the U.S. control of the Canal Zone, but not ownership, as Panama ...

President Trump is throwing his weight around in our hemisphere in a way we haven’t seen in a century, and it’s opening up doors.

This was a busy time. Panama had declared independence from Columbia. The U.S. had tried to strike a canal deal with Columbia on similar terms; Colombia refused over sovereignty concerns and not ...

Mulino also threw in a concession regarding the repatriation of migrants using the Darien Gap, the jungle straddling Panama and Colombia, on their way to our southern border. Not bad for a day's work.

Mulino also threw in a concession regarding the repatriation of migrants using the Darien Gap, the jungle straddling Panama and Colombia, on their way to our southern border. Not bad for a day’s ...

But Balladares raised the prospect that, if pushed, Panama could retaliate by opening up the choke points of another important flow: that of South American migrants heading north from Colombia.

An overview of Panama's historical ties to the U.S. and where the crisis might be headed next.

the natural border between Panama and Colombia, plummeted 94% in January compared to the same period in 2024, according to official data released Saturday by Panama’s National Migration Service.

The passage of illegal migrants through the Darien Gap, a jungle region in-between Panama and Colombia, dropped 94% in January compared to the same month last year, according to data released by ...