The train was carrying around 250 passengers and crew members on a cross-country route linking the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly 100 people were injured.
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U.S. Revokes Visa of Former Panamanian President Who Criticized Trump Deal
Two politicians who spoke out against recent accords between the United States and Panama lost their permission to travel to the United States.
U.S. Revokes Visa of Former Panamanian President Who Criticized Trump Deal
Two politicians who spoke out against recent accords between the United States and Panama lost their permission to travel to the United States.
Xi Woos Latin American Leaders With Promises of Cooperation on Technology
The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, has suggested expanding trade ties beyond buying commodities as he continues to rally nations in the face of President Trump’s tariffs.
Panama Canal Ship Pilot Navigates Tricky Waters, and Trump
For over 40 years, Capt. Efraín Hallax, 73, has been steering vessels through the canal, and he has seen it all, from a dictator’s fall to the rise of U.S. interest in retaking the waterway.
Houthis in Yemen Won’t Be Defeated by Airstrikes Alone, Experts Say
U.S. officials seek to curb the militants’ attacks on ships in the Red Sea, but the group was not deterred by strikes in the Biden era and won’t be beaten by air power alone, experts say.
Trump’s Ambition to Redraw the World Map Ignores Those Affected Most
President Trump’s approach to foreign policy deals is reviving a bygone imperial approach that may backfire, experts say.
Marco Rubio Tells Panama’s Leader ‘Immediate Changes’ Are Needed
The secretary of state said the United States could take steps to “protect its rights.” Panama’s leader said he was sure that President Trump wouldn’t seize the canal.
Behind the Colombia Blowup: Mapping Trump’s Rapid-Escalation Tactics
There were no Situation Room meetings and no quiet calls to de-escalate a dispute with an ally. Just threats, counterthreats, surrender and an indication of the president’s approach to Greenland and Panama.
Latin American Leaders Welcome and Warn Trump
Several chafed at his plans as President Trump enacted immigration measures affecting their countries and vowed to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada.