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Rubio walks back State Department’s claim of free Panama Canal transit for US government vessels
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the State Department’s assertion that Panama “has agreed to no longer charge fees” to US government vessels transiting the Panama Canal ...
Design for Maryland's new Key Bridge unveiled nearly a year after tragic collapse
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) unveiled the design for the new Francis Scott Key ...
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Are U.S warships and boats free to transit the Panama Canal as claimed by State Department? Here's what the country's president has said
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino stated that he had informed the US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth quite recently that he could not at all set or waive the canal transit fees and was extremely ...
Reuters3d
Panama Canal denies US claim of preferential crossing rights
WASHINGTON/PANAMA CITY, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Panama Canal Authority on Wednesday denied the U.S. State Department's claim that U.S. government vessels would be able to cross the canal without ...
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Panama Canal authority denies changes to charge fees after US claim
PANAMA CITY, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Panama Canal Authority said in a statement late on Wednesday that it had not made any changes to charges or rights to cross the canal, after the U.S. State ...
Los Angeles Daily News3d
Panama’s president denies making a deal that US ships can transit the canal for free
On Wednesday evening, the U.S. State Department said via X that “U.S. government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees, saving the U.S. government millions of dollars a ...
The Washington Post4d
The Panama Canal: A Trump obsession more sideshow than substance
Security officers attend a ceremony Dec. 31 in Panama City to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the United States' ceding control of the Panama Canal to Panama in 1999. (Aris Martinez/Reuters ...
The Hill6d
Rubio warns Panama over canal, saying current status is ‘unacceptable’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a warning about the Panama Canal, saying the current status of the trade route is “unacceptable.” According to a summary of Rubio’s meeting with Panama ...
CNN2d
Trump says China ‘operates’ the Panama Canal – how deep are Beijing’s ties to the key waterway?
Hong Kong CNN — Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal and accusing the country of ceding ...
New York Post4d
Panama caved on the canal after Trump channeled Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan
He said Panama will review its arrangement with a Hong Kong-based company to operate ports on either end of the canal. And he reportedly offered US Navy ships an exemption from canal transit fees.
CNN6d
Trump reiterates threat to retake Panama Canal ‘or something very powerful’ will happen
President Donald Trump reiterated his vow to “take back” the Panama Canal on Sunday, warning of “powerful” US action in an escalating diplomatic dispute with the Central American country ...