Latin America
Panama court could trip Trump's wire over China linked ports
A decision at the center of geopolitical tensions and the president's pledge to 'take back' canal shipping facilities from Beijing is expected any day
January 27, 2026
A decision at the center of geopolitical tensions and the president's pledge to 'take back' canal shipping facilities from Beijing is expected any day
As Trump's invasion of Venezuela shows, the premier non-proliferation treaty has eroded and risks becoming irrelevant
It would take major systematic changes both commercially and in the government, and it's unclear whether any of that is in the works yet
Republicans stopped the process before colleagues could even weigh in on further military force in Venezuela
The president went from praising ‘the wars we never get into’ to seeing how many the US can get into, and prominent members of his base are eating it up
Experts say the 'easy' Venezuela operation is reminiscent of George H.W. Bush's 1989 invasion of Panama, which in part served to bury the ghosts of Vietnam
