However, a longer-term rotational force -- such as the one the United States maintains in Darwin, Australia — is politically toxic for Panama's center-right leader Jose Raul Mulino. His ...

The number of migrants traversing the treacherous route plummeted by 40% last year as Panama’s right-wing President José Raúl Mulino vowed to crack down. Now, in the few months since Trump ...

Current and former U.S. officials and experts say the United States has found a willing partner in tackling Chinese influence in Panama’s president, Jose Raul Mulino, whom Hegseth met on Tuesday.

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino (C) looks on as Panama's Security Minister Frank Abrego (L) and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth get ready to sign a bilateral agreement, in Panama City on ...

Speaking alongside Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino during a rate visit to the Central American nation on Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned “the Panama Canal faces ongoing ...

Hegseth was speaking a day after meeting Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino and touring the Panama Canal. The two countries agreed to step up security coordination and appeared to say they ...

Former President Trump suggested military force to reclaim the canal. President Jose Raul Mulino supports US efforts. He pulled Panama out of China's Belt and Road Initiative.

On Wednesday, Hegseth said, “I don’t know anything about blackmail.” Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino, left, shakes hand with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at an agreement signing ...

He called on the region’s governments to work together to deter China and address threats posed by transnational drug cartels and mass immigration.Hegseth was speaking a day after meeting Panama's ...