the soldiers of Panama’s militarized border patrol are busy building fences. Their mission: close off jungle trails that human smugglers used to ferry 520,000 migrants last year on their way ...

Panama’s conservative ... over the vital Panama Canal, offering closer alignment to curb the flow of migrants and drugs to the U.S. while working to draw American investment to offset that ...

Trump has recently taken aim at Mulino, saying the US might use its military power to take over the Panama Canal, a key route for global trade. The Darien Gap has become a key route for migrants ...