Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang discusses China's influence in Latin America and tensions between them and the United States over the Panama Canal.

Hundreds of migrants, many from the Middle East and China, are in custody in Panama after they were deported from the U.S. as part of an agreement between the two nations. Held in a hotel in Panama City,

The company founded by 96-year-old Li Ka-shing is caught up in Donald Trump’s complaints about China’s influence

Since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly accused the country of relinquishing control of the Panama Canal to China. Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino and Beijing officials deny the claims.

Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino has told his cabinet not to discuss ‘lies’ while Beijing hit back at Donald Trump’s takeover threats.

Panama has officially decided to leave China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), making it the first country in Latin America to do so.

Panama’s president, who was warned about China’s influence by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier this month, reacted with anger.

A group of families and children hailing from Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan, Russia and more countries climbed down the stairs of a plane in Costa Rica’s capital Thursday, the first flight of deportees from other nations Costa Rica agreed to hold in detention facilities for the Trump administration while it organised the return back to their countries.

A group of families and children hailing from Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan, Russia and more countries have climbed down the stairs of an airplane in Costa Rica’s capital, the first flight of deporte

Since returning to office, President Trump has made repeated claims that China operates the Panama Canal and threatened to take it back from the Panama Canal Authority, which has controlled it since 1999.

Migrants from China, India, Iran and Vietnam among hundreds being held in Panama City hotel in operation funded by the US.

The U.S. has deported more than 400 migrants — from nations as far as China and Vietnam — to Panama and Costa Rica, leaving them in legal limbo.