José Raúl Mulino

The quake struck at 1:56 p.m. ET, approximately 6 miles beneath the surface, near Pitaloza Arriba, Panama

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo JiakunChina has noted the Panamanian government's remarks and hopes Panama will put the one-China principle into practice and safeguard the political foundation of China-Panama relations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Monday

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will give remarks on Wednesday afternoon at the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (A3C) Forum, a U.S.-led multinational coalition envisioned to coordinate security and military efforts to counter transnational criminal organizations, notably drug cartels operating in Central and South America

After establishing diplomatic relations in 2017, Panama and China formalized a maritime agreement offering preferential port tariffs and easier bureaucratic rules for ships under the Panamanian flag in Chinese harbors

As Israel faces growing international isolation over its regional wars, President Isaac Herzog is set to visit two countries in Central America — Panama and Costa Rica — to boost ties

And it vastly complicates a critical meeting with President Xi Jinping, forcing White House officials to rethink how Mr. Trump approaches the effort to engineer a rapprochement with China

Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino has accused a subsidiary of Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings of lying about the country’s response to an arbitration initiated by the company over the seizure of two strategic ports

Trump encouraged regional leaders gathered at his Miami-area golf club to take military action against drug trafficking cartels and transnational gangs that he says pose an “unacceptable threat” to the hemisphere's national security

Kristi Noem will reportedly join President Donald Trump and 12 Latin American leaders at his resort in Florida for a "Shield of the Americas" summit Saturday after her ouster as the Secretary of Homeland Security and appointment by President Donald Trump to be special envoy for the new coalition of nations

Panama to Occupy Canal Ports After Court Scraps CK Hutchison Deal

Panamas presidentpushed back against Beijingthis weekafter the countrys top courtannulled a Hong Kong-backed firms right tooperatekey terminals on thePanamaCanal, prompting sharp criticism fromChina

Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino has rejected China’s threat to make the Central American country pay a “heavy price” after a Hong Kong company was evicted from two ports on the strategic Panama Canal amid pressure from United States President Donald Trump

A Panamanian court has voided a port contract held by a Hong Kong subsidiary, prompting assurances from President José Raúl Mulino that canal traffic will not be disrupted

The Cobre Panama mine, one of the world's largest open-pit copper deposits, was closed in 2023 following protests from local residents over tax contributions and environmental impacts

The president also relied even more heavily on Cuban counterintelligence and bodyguards, more trusted than Venezuelans, with the latter not allowed to use mobile phones

China-Panama relations accelerated rapidly following the latter’s diplomatic switch away from Taiwan in 2017