After a visit to Panama focused on monitoring the operations of the interoceanic canal and ... of support for Costa Rican policies that restrict the participation of Chinese companies in ...

Rubio began his trip in Panama, where he reported progress in his efforts to reduce Chinese influence around the strategic Panama Canal. Like Panama, Costa Rica is a longtime U.S. partner that has ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on his first foreign trip as America's top diplomat, held face-to-face talks with Mulino, who has resisted pressure from the new U.S. government over Panama’s ...

With port facilities at both ends of the canal managed by a Hong Kong-based company, Rubio said China's presence in Panama ...

Ted Cruz (R-TX), the chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, discussed a scenario in which China could disrupt ... El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican ...

"I think that, for now, China should avoid overreacting to the Panama Canal issue," he said ... US investment - it's no secret," Shi said. Costa Rica was among the first in the region to establish ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the Central American ally must immediately reduce Chinese ... El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala ...