Tag: Panama
Panama declares emergency over banana region unrest
Panama has declared an emergency in its main banana-producing region, after shops were looted and buildings vandalised in ongoing protests over a pension...
US Lining Up More Countries to Take Its Deportees
It takes at least two countries to make a deportation happen: one to send deportees and one to receive them. Typically, the receiving...
Colombia Grants Asylum to Richard Martinelli, Ex-President of Panama
The Colombian government said on Saturday that it had granted asylum to Ricardo Martinelli, a former president of Panama who had been sheltering...
What Trump’s Deportation Plans Mean for Central America
Central American countries have long taken back their own citizens deported from the United States. But now the Trump administration has called on...
Migrants Deported to Panama by Trump Administration Taken to Jungle Camp
Nearly 100 migrants, recently deported by the United States to Panama where they had been locked in a hotel, were loaded onto buses...
Marco Rubio Tells Panama’s Leader ‘Immediate Changes’ Are Needed
Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to escalate the Trump administration’s confrontation with Panama on Sunday, telling its leader that President Trump had...