U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio brought a warning to Panamanian leader José Raúl Mulino on Sunday: Immediately reduce ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio toured the Panama Canal during his first foreign trip as America's top diplomat.

Among the countries for which waivers for certain programs have been submitted are Panama, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio toured the Panama Canal during his first foreign trip as ... the waterway will remain in Panama's hands and open to all countries.

On his first trip as secretary ... negotiate and much less open a negotiation over the canal,” Mr. Mulino told reporters. “It is sealed. The canal belongs to Panama.” He added that he ...

His first stop ... migration and the economy. The canal isn’t the only critical passageway that Panama controls. Threatening Panama militarily could throw open the Darien Gap, the jungle ...

The State Department said that Rubio, on his first ... much less open a process of negotiation on the canal," he told reporters Thursday. "That is sealed. The canal belongs to Panama.” ...

It also noted that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be visiting Panama on his first trip as Trump's top ... right to intervene to keep the canal open in the event of any threat that may ...

supported an attempt by Panama to declare independence, and sent gunships to deter Colombia from intervening. Consequently, the new government granted the US open-ended use of the future canal ...