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US ‘bullying’ could scupper carbon levy on shipping, warn experts
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/26/us-bullying-could-scupper-carbon-levy-shipping
Published: February 26, 2026 14:46
Panama joins smaller nations in dropping support for policy aimed at cutting maritime emissionsUS “bullying” over a proposed carbon levy on shipping appears to be paying off, experts have said, after Panama reversed its support for the measure.In a leaked…
Panama supreme court cancels Hong Kong company’s canal contracts
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/30/court-ends-hong-kong-china-panama-canal-contracts
Published: January 30, 2026 13:47
Panama’s president says strategic waterway will operate as normal after ruling that advances US policy aimsPanama’s president said ports at each end of the Panama canal would operate as usual after the country’s supreme court ruled the concession held by a…
Sanctions are not a humane alternative to bombs. They are economic warfare with civilians as collateral damage | Kenneth Mohammed
Published: January 28, 2026 07:00
In the Caribbean and Latin America, the lived reality of these measures – presented in the language of diplomacy – is starkAcross borders, cultures and faiths, most ordinary people want the same things: the ability to earn a living, put a roof over their…
‘History will tell’: as US pressure grows, Cuba edges closer to collapse amid mass exodus
Published: January 10, 2026 16:00
Disillusioned with the revolution after 68 years of US sanctions and a shattered economy, one in four Cubans have left in four years. Can the regime, and country, survive the engulfing ‘polycrisis’?Hatri Echazabal Orta lives in Madrid, Spain. Maykel…
‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US
Published: January 4, 2026 04:00
Most of the Americas have suffered from interference from their powerful northern neighbour – and are usually the worse off for itMaduro detained in New York – live updatesThe US bombardment of Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolás Maduro,…
‘They’re scared of us now’: how co-investment in a tropical forest saw off loggers
Published: December 25, 2025 15:00
Low-cost tech and joined-up funding have reduced illegal logging, mining and poaching in the Darién Gap – it’s a success story that could stop deforestation worldwideThere are no roads through the Darién Gap. This vast impenetrable forest spans the width…
Bila Burba review – how recreating brutal battles helps pass history down the generations
Published: November 24, 2025 11:00
A vibrant community tradition to theatrically restage a decisive moment in their independence struggle is vital to Panama’s Guna peopleBeyond the written word and photographic evidence, how does one keep history alive? For the Guna people of northern…
US military buildup off Venezuela coast stirs echoes of 1989 Panama invasion
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/06/venezuela-panama-invasion-trump
Published: November 6, 2025 11:21
Some see anti-Noriega operation as model for deposing Maduro but others say war of bluff and intimidation is more likely optionMichael Durant watched through night-vision goggles as two 2,000-pound laser-guided bombs slammed on to the Panamanian airbase…
Turned away at US border, Venezuelans languish in Panamanian ‘purgatory’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/04/miramar-panama-venezuelans-migrants
Published: September 4, 2025 11:00
Many who sought a better life have made the equally perilous return journey and wait in a coastal village for a boat to an uncertain future in ColombiaThe word they use is “purgatory”.In the Panamanian port village of Miramar, the migrants wait in…
14,000 US-bound people have returned south since Trump border crackdown, UN finds
Published: August 29, 2025 15:33
Report finds migrants, mainly Venezuelans, have fewer funds, few work prospects and are preyed on by criminal gangs on journey backMore than 14,000 people, mainly Venezuelans, who hoped to reach the US have reversed course and turned south since the start…
‘This is no life’: Trump deportees unable to return home left in limbo in Panama
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/panama-migrants-trump-immigration
Published: August 6, 2025 10:00
People who left countries such as Afghanistan and Nigeria in fear of their lives feel abandoned in Central AmericaIf Salana is sent back to Afghanistan, she will be stoned to death. Of that, she is certain.Yet over the past six months, she has been asked –…
Panama files lawsuits against owner of ports at centre of US-China struggle
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/31/panama-canal-port-lawsuit-us-china
Published: July 31, 2025 20:26
Comptroller general lodged two cases in country’s supreme court after failed attempt to sell to consortiumPanama’s comptroller general has lodged two cases with the country’s supreme court against the owners of two ports at the centre of a geopolitical…
Denied, detained, deported: the faces of Trump’s immigration crackdown
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/trump-immigration-people-detained-deported-cases
Published: June 22, 2025 02:26
The administration has torn up the rulebook as it seeks to implement a hardline agenda to expel people from the USDonald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage “the largest deportation operation in American history”. As previewed, the administration…
Hegseth suggests Pentagon has prepared plans to invade Greenland and Panama – video
Published: June 12, 2025 20:13
The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, appeared to acknowledge that the Pentagon had contingency plans to take Greenland and Panama by force if necessary during a congressional hearing on Thursday. When repeatedly asked by representative Adam Smith if…
Only strong action on emissions can restore economic stability, UN climate chief says
Published: May 20, 2025 15:00
Simon Stiell says investors ‘ready to hit the go button’ if they have the right signals from governmentsThe climate crisis has raised the price of commodities and exacerbated famine – and only strong action on greenhouse gas emissions can restore economic…
'Monkey kidnappings': footage shows capuchin monkeys carrying baby howler monkeys – video
Published: May 20, 2025 01:21
Scientists have spotted surprising evidence of what they describe as monkey kidnappings while reviewing video footage from a small Panamanian island. Capuchin monkeys were seen carrying at least 11 howler babies between 2022 and 2023. The footage showed…
Trump says US ships should have free use of Panama and Suez canals
Published: April 27, 2025 02:12
US president tasks secretary of state Marco Rubio with making ‘immediate’ progressDonald Trump has demanded free transit for American commercial and military ships through the Panama and Suez canals, tasking his secretary of state with making progress…
Panama opposition party accuses US of ‘camouflaged invasion’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/12/panama-hegseth-us-invasion-canal
Published: April 12, 2025 09:00
Discontent with government handling of diplomatic crisis rises as Pete Hegseth says US troops moved to countryPanamanian opposition politicians have accused the US of launching a “camouflaged invasion” of the country, amid simmering discontent over the…
Pentagon chief says US could 'revive' Panama bases
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/10/pentagon-chief-pete-hegseth-us-panama-bases-canal
Published: April 10, 2025 07:08
Pete Hegseth suggests military could return to Central American country to ‘secure’ strategically important canalThe US defence secretary has floated the idea of the country’s troops returning to Panama to “secure” its strategically vital canal, a…
‘They tricked us’: migrants who braved the Darién Gap forced home by Trump deal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/families-darien-gap-immigration
Published: March 26, 2025 09:00
Under a $6m US deal, hundreds of migrants from Colombia and Ecuador were deported back to their home countriesOutside the Lajas Blancas migrant camp in southern Panama, wooden shops are boarded up. A bed of cold ash lies in an iron drum barbecue which once…
China criticises Hong Kong firm’s sale of majority stake in Panama ports
Published: March 14, 2025 12:58
Commentary urged CK Hutchison to ‘think twice’ about ‘what position and side they are on’ in sale to US investorsBusiness live – latest updatesChina has criticised the sale of the business that controls ports in Panama to US investors, saying the Hong…