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Santa Maria’s water basins and network of canals mitigates storm water flow
As the Central Coast braces for the biggest rainstorm of the year so far, Santa Maria is prepared for many different ...
Fox News9d
Panama denies State Dept claim that it is eliminating fees for US gov vessels using canal
Panama has denied the U.S. State Department's claim that the country will eliminate fees for U.S. government vessels transiting the Panama Canal, just one day after the State Department initially ...
Santa Maria Times13d
Rubio says Panama must reduce Chinese influence around the canal or face possible US action
PANAMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio brought a warning to Panamanian leader José Raúl Mulino on Sunday: Immediately reduce what President Donald Trump says is Chinese ...
Wall Street Journal9d
The U.S. Has Rights Over the Panama Canal
Photo: Patrick Pleul/Zuma Press In his inauguration speech, President Trump accused Panama of violating the terms under which the U.S. handed over the Panama Canal. “We’re taking it back ...
The Hill8d
Panama’s president: No deal to allow US warships to use canal for free
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday rejected U.S. claims that American warships and boats can transit the Panama Canal without paying a standard fee. In a weekly news conference ...
CNN7d
Trump says China ‘operates’ the Panama Canal – how deep are Beijing’s ties to the key waterway?
Hong Kong CNN — Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal and accusing the country of ceding ...
The Hill11d
Rubio warns Panama over canal, saying current status is ‘unacceptable’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a warning about the Panama Canal, saying the current status of the trade route is “unacceptable.” According to a summary of Rubio’s meeting with Panama ...
CNN8d
Rubio walks back State Department’s claim of free Panama Canal transit for US government vessels
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the State Department’s assertion that Panama “has agreed to no longer charge fees” to US government vessels transiting the Panama Canal ...
Boston Herald8d
Panama’s president denies making a deal that US warships can transit the canal for free
Mulino said he had told U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday that he could neither set the fees to transit the canal nor exempt anyone from them and that he was surprised by the U.S ...
Reuters9d
Panama Canal authority denies changes to charge fees after US claim
PANAMA CITY, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Panama Canal Authority said in a statement late on Wednesday that it had not made any changes to charges or rights to cross the canal, after the U.S. State ...
The Washington Post10d
The Panama Canal: A Trump obsession more sideshow than substance
Security officers attend a ceremony Dec. 31 in Panama City to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the United States' ceding control of the Panama Canal to Panama in 1999. (Aris Martinez/Reuters ...