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Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against U.S. control of the Panama Canal in 1964, with some protesters burning an effigy of President-elect ...
“The Panama Canal opened for business 110 years ago, and was built at HUGE cost to the United States in lives and treasure,” Trump claimed. Trump threatens to demand ownership of Panama Canal ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal on Sunday, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central ...
A retired lawyer allegedly shot and killed two men who were part of a protest blocking a highway in Panama.. While he has not been officially named by police, the suspect has been widely reported ...
But the United States and Panama signed a pair of accords in 1977 that paved the way for the canal's return to full Panamanian control. The United States handed over control of the canal in 1999 ...
A series of protests began in Panama on 20 October 2023 following the immediate passing of a 20-to-40-year mining contract between the government of Panama and First Quantum Minerals, [6] the operator of Cobre Panamá, the largest open-pit copper mine in Central America, placed 20 minutes away from the western coast of Colon Province and within a protected area of the Mesoamerican Biological ...
4 May – Panama bans First Quantum Minerals from extracting copper following the closure of its Cobre Panamá mine in 2023. [3] 5 May – 2024 Panamanian general election. [4] José Raúl Mulino is elected as President. [5] [6] 7 June – One person is killed in a gun attack on a campus of the University of Panama in Veraguas Province. [7]
The new contract, agreed on Oct. 20, was signed into law by Panama's government, and provides First Quantum a 20-year mining right with an option to extend for another 20 years, in return for $375 ...