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Panama

January 2025

  • A child's hand on a chain link fence.

    Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
    Panama’s vast Cobre mine is closed. So why is their security still restricting access to local villages?

  • A cargo ship carrying dozens of containers passes through a lock

    Who owns the Panama Canal and why does Trump want it?

  • Donald Trump.

    Trump claims to be ‘peacemaker’ as he vows to ‘take back’ Panama canal

  • Greenland's flag flies in Igaliku settlement, Greenland,  5 July, 2024.

    Greenland seeking closer ties with US, particularly on mining, PM says

  • ‘It’s ironic’: how climate crisis is driving Trump push on Greenland and Panama

  • ‘Why pick a battle over this?’: Trump’s threats over Panama Canal reopen wounds over 1989 US invasion

  • The Observer view: Donald Trump’s imperial bullying must be nipped in the bud

  • Panama Canal will remain Panamanian and open to all nations, says official

  • Trump considers declaring national economic emergency to impose tariffs

  • Trump refuses to rule out using military to take Panama Canal and Greenland

  • 'We need them': Trump vows to take Panama Canal and Greenland – video report

December 2024

  • A guna makes fake wooden guns for the children of the island to play in the battle against the conquistadors.

    Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
    ‘In 10 years we may cease to exist’: rising seas and influx of tourists threaten to engulf Panama island

  • man wearing white button-down writes in notebook at table

    From Panama to Palestine, Jimmy Carter refused to let his moral voice be silenced

  • Trump dances at event

    Trump lobs threats at Greenland, Panama and Canada – should we take him seriously?

  • Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino speaks during a press conference in Panama City, Panama, 26 December 2024. Mulino said that tolls for the interoceanic canal will not be lowered, after the US president-elect complained that they are a 'scam' and threatened to demand the return of the waterway to the US.

    ‘Nothing to talk about’: Panama president dismisses Trump’s threats over canal

  • Trump tells 37 people on death row with commuted sentences to ‘go to hell’

  • Trump nominates Miami-Dade official as Panama ambassador amid canal row

  • Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal over ‘ridiculous’ fees

  • Panama says 55 US-bound migrants have died crossing Darién Gap this year

November 2024

  • Plastic wrappers and containers of commercial products at a garbage dump in the Philippines

    Hope of breakthrough at international plastic treaty talks after two-year deadlock

    ‘Important shift’ made in global attempts to address plastic pollution though final treaty text yet to be agreed
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