President Trump isn’t denying the possibility of further American expansion, intervention or annexation efforts in the Western Hemisphere after the military’s success in plucking former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from Caracas over the weekend to face drug trafficking charges in the U.S. In the past, he’s threatened to annex Greenland …
A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, east of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea on Dec. 20, 2025. Department Of Homeland Security …
The Panama Canal Authority is aiming to lure back lost energy trade with changes to its booking system for LNG canal transits, and with a new LNG pipeline project offering energy and tanker companies an alternative to move the commodity across the critical global shipping gateway. Ricaurte Vásquez, administrator of …
Hanging from a ladder attached to the hull of a giant, bobbing tanker, Capt. Efraín Hallax began his climb up to the crew awaiting him atop the Athina, a ship anchored in Panama Bay and third in line to transit the Panama Canal. The daunting ascent up the shifting ship …
As Panama’s president laid a wreath to honor those who died protesting the American occupation 60 years ago, the ceremony attendees were resolute. The commemoration this month came just days after President-elect Donald J. Trump falsely claimed China was controlling the Panama Canal and suggested he could use military force …
President-elect Donald Trump, during a long news conference on Tuesday, spoke about his interest in securing U.S. control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, and said he would not rule out the use of military force. Below is a look at where the two places are and why Trump might …
Striking workers at the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn gather before a visit by Mayor Eric Adams after members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, or ILA, began walking off the job after 12:01 a.m. ET on October 01, 2024 in Brooklyn, New York. Spencer Platt | Getty Images As …
