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U.S. Moves On Panama Canal With $19 Billion BlackRock Deal

Pressure from President Trump led Hong Kong-based CK Hutchinson to sell Panama Canal ports to BlackRock. Goldman Sachs brokered the deal.

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Trump touts TSMC, natural gas, and Panama Canal deals to Congress in a premature victory lap

Trump pointed to three deals he claimed were proof of how his officials were bringing jobs back to the U.S., opening up new markets, and ensuring U.S. security.

Fortune

Hong Kong firm to sell stake in Panama ports amid Trump pressure

Deal with US finance giant BlackRock, valued at almost $23bn, comes amid push to curb perceived China influence

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Hong Kong firm strikes deal to bring ports on both sides of Panama Canal under US control

Marco Rubio told President José Raúl Mulino that Panama had to reduce Chinese influence over the canal or face potential retaliation from the United States

The Independent UK

Hong Kong Company Sells Panama Ports To BlackRock Following Trump's Threats To Take Over Canal

Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison sold control of a unit that operates ports near the Panama Canal to BlackRock as Trump alleges the canal is controlled by China

Latin Times

Costa Rica And Panama Coordinate Southbound Migrant Transit

Costa Rica and Panama collaborate to assist southbound migrants, focusing on transportation and safety measures amidst challenges.

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Costa Rica and Panama coordinate to move southbound migrants

Costa Rica and Panama are coordinating to expedite southbound migrant transit through their countries along the same route that carried hundreds of thousands north in recent years

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Trump deportees stuck in limbo at hotel

Attorney for U.S. deportees to Panama says his clients should not be "victims" of Trump's campaign promises

Salon

Trump is making Central America become a dumping ground for US immigrants

President bullying countries’ leaders into collaborating with his deportation agenda that critics say violates rights

The Guardian - US

Why have Costa Rica and Panama agreed to take Asians deported by Trump?

Trump’s tariff threats and political pressures are believed to be reasons third countries agreed to receive deportees.

Al Jazeera

Lawyers Struggle to Contact Migrants Deported From U.S. To Remote Jungle Camp in Panama: 'They're Disappearing Into a Black Box'

Costa Rican authorities have raised concerns about inadequate medical evaluations and the conditions of U.S. deportees held in detention facilities near the Panamanian border

Latin Times

Central American Countries Struggle With Reversed Migration Flow

Costa Rica and Panama grapple with challenges of managing sudden migration shifts and deportations, raising human rights concerns.

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Panama and Costa Rica turning into a ' black hole' for migrants, deportees from US, observers warn

Officials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants’ passports and cellphones, denying them access to legal services and moving them between remote outposts as they wrestle with the logistics of a suddenly reversed migration flow

The Independent UK

Panama Will Offer a Return Route for Migrants Coming Back From The U.S. Due to Trump's Border Crackdown

The ordeal of those returning has been further highlighted a tragedy last Friday, when a boat carrying 21 migrants capsized in rough waters

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The Independent UK

The US lines up Latin American cooperation for migrant deportations

Venezuelan migrants handed over to Mexico like it’s a U.S. immigration detention facility

The Independent UK

Panama is organizing boat route long used for migrant smuggling for 'reverse flow' south

Panama says it’s working to formalize a route long used to smuggle migrants on the way to the U.S., which is now being increasingly used to return migrants to South America in a reverse flow triggered by the Trump administration

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Migrants Returning South Amid Trump's Asylum Crackdown

Migrants are opting to return home due to U.S. asylum crackdown, facing risks and challenges.

Latin Times

Former US Ambassador to Panama Compares Trump to TV Mob Boss Tony Soprano

The former US ambassador to Panama harshly criticized President Donald Trump, specifically the President's approach towards relations with Latin American nations, comparing him to the merciless fictional mob boss Tony Soprano.

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The Independent UK

Thousands of migrants return home by boat after Trump’s crackdown on asylum

They risked their lives in hopes of reaching the US, but have now given up

The Guardian - US

Trump compared to mobster Tony Soprano by former envoy to Panama

John Feeley launches stinging critique of US president’s bully-boy approach to Latin America

The Independent UK

Isolated in 'harsh conditions:' Deportee from US details legal limbo in Panama camp near Darien Gap

A deportee from the United States detained in a camp in rural Panama, among a hundred who refused to return to their countries, has described waiting in limbo under “harsh conditions” and cut off from access to legal council and other rights

The Independent UK

8-year-old boy dies as boat carrying 'reverse flow' of migrants capsizes off Panama coast

A boat carrying 19 migrants, part of a “reverse flow” of migrants who once hoped to reach the United States, capsized off Caribbean coast of Panama

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Costa Rica Facilitates Deportation Of Migrants From Various Nations

Costa Rica acts as a layover for deportees from various countries, including minors, before repatriation. Human rights concerns raised over detention condi...

The Independent UK

Costa Rica joins Panama in detaining deportees from the US in stopover back to their countries

A U.S. flight carrying 135 deportees, half of them minors from various countries, is set to land in Costa Rica

The Conversation

The US has a long history of meddling in Latin America. What’s different about Donald Trump’s approach?

Jimmy Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1981, considered the treaties signed in 1977 to cede control of the Panama Canal to Panama, ending over a century of strained relations, one of the crowning achievements of his administration.

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