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Panamanian authorities have taken control of two ports on the Panama Canal from CK Hutchison after the Hong Kong-based conglomerate’s concession was annulled amid a row between the United States and China. CK Hutchison objected on Tuesday (February 24, 2026) to the takeover, which it called “unlawful” and said raises “serious risks to the operations,…
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In a complex and sensitive situation, Panama is currently housing nearly 300 individuals from various countries, including Iran, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and China, who were deported from the United States under President Donald Trump. These migrants are being held in a hotel, where they are receiving medical attention and food as part…
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File image of Panama boss Manuel Arias© X (Twitter) The Panamanian Football Federation said Thursday FIFA had banned its boss Manuel Arias from performing his functions for six months for calling a player “fat.” Federation president Arias was sanctioned for using “inappropriate language” about Marta Cox who plays for the Panama national team…
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A moment of madness from Timothy Weah left the USA’s Copa America campaign hanging by a thread on Thursday as the hosts crashed to a shock 2-1 defeat to Panama. Juventus winger Weah was sent off in the 18th minute after an off-the-ball clash with Panama’s Roderick Miller in a stormy Group C…
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Panama is on the verge of a dramatic change to its immigration policy that could reverberate from the dense Darien jungle to the U.S. border. President-elect José Raúl Mulino says he will shut down a migration route used by more than 500,000 people last year. Until now, Panama has helped speedily bus the migrants across…
Darwin Cigarroa, a migrant from Venezuela, carries a cross while walking toward the U.S. border in a caravan called “The Migrant’s Via Crucis”, in Huixtla, Mexico March 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Venezuelan migrants often have a quick answer when asked to name the most difficult stretch of their eight-country journey to the U.S….
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