Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said it was "absurd" that Panama charges U.S. government ships to use its canal.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the assertion of the State Department that Panama “has agreed to no longer charge fees” to US government vessels transiting the Panama Canal after ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP ... first stop on the Central American tour, Panama, the State Department announced Thursday that the Panamanians had agreed to allow US warships to transit the ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who met with Mulino and canal administrators and visited the critical trade route earlier this week, said on Thursday from the Dominican Republic that he had no ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino Sunday amid his first overseas trip, as the ...

Rubio arrived in Panama on Saturday for meetings the following day with Mulino and the canal administrator. He will then travel to El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.

Panama President José Raúl Mulino and the canal's operator denied the State Department’s claim that the country would allow U ...

Ahead of U.S. top diplomat Marco Rubio's visit to the country, US envoy Mauricio Claver-Carone put the onus on Panama to ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit Panama — the country whose ... Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, the officials said. The trip is expected to be Rubio’s first foreign ...

The canal belongs to Panama.” Mulino instead highlighted ... Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. Mulino said his agenda with Rubio has not been set, but he expects he will meet with the ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Trump administration ... Panamanians had agreed to allow US warships to transit the Panama Canal without charge. The US seized another of Maduro’s ...

Rubio will arrive in Panama on Saturday for meetings the following day with Mulino and the canal administrator. He will then travel to El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.