Panama, Trump

Panama president says Trump is lying about reclaiming Panama Canal
Panama's leader accused President Trump of lying in his Tuesday congressional address, where he said his administration was "reclaiming" the Panama Canal.
A Better Way To Handle The Panama Canal
Trump and his team are right to recognize Panama’s strategic importance, but they are wrong in how they are approaching the issue. During his inaugural address in January, President Trump proclaimed that “China is operating the Panama Canal” and promised that the United States would be “taking it back.
How Trump Plans to 'Take Back' The Panama Canal
President Trump has threatened to “take back” the Panama Canal, saying Panama is violating a decades-old treaty that ceded U.S. control of the waterway. WSJ breaks down his strategy and the risks that come with it.
BlackRock's $23 Billion Panama Canal Deal: What We Know So Far
The $23 billion deal, announced by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings, transfers control of the Balboa and Cristobal ports to a consortium led by BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, and Terminal Investment Limited.
Trump's offensive tactics for the Panama Canal
A group of investors led by BlackRock is to acquire the two strategic ports of Cristobal and Balboa in the Panama Canal for more than 22 billion dollars. "My administration is going to take back the Panama Canal,
CNN17d
Trump wants to reclaim the Panama Canal. He’d be taking on a waterway facing crisis
The Panama Canal is an extraordinary feat of engineering. This waterway, which slices 50 miles across the isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is an artery of world ...
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Panama president calls Trump’s talk of ‘reclaiming’ the Panama Canal a lie
Panama maintains that it has full control over the canal and that the Hong Kong-based group’s operation of the ports did not amount to Chinese control over the waterway, and that therefore the ...
CBS News5d
Why does Trump want Greenland and the Panama Canal? Here's what's behind U.S. interest.
President Trump repeated vows to secure U.S. control of Greenland and the Panama Canal in his speech to a joint a session of Congress on March 4. "We need Greenland for national security and even ...
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What's it like to report from the Panama Canal?
just dump out and empty into the ocean. And a couple years ago, Panama had a drought that was so severe, the canal had to reduce traffic by a third, which has a huge impact on global shipping.
Panamanian president calls Trump’s talk of ‘reclaiming’ the Panama Canal a lie
President José Raúl Mulino accused Trump of lying when he said during his address to Congress that the U.S. was 'reclaiming' ...