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The controller general of Panama said CK Hutchison, a Hong Kong conglomerate, did not properly renew its license to operate two ports that are part of a $19 billion deal involving BlackRock.
An investor group led by BlackRock will acquire two ports near the Panama Canal that are owned by CK Hutchison and have been the subject of a dispute between President Trump and Panama.
The migrants from around the world did not know where they were or what would happen to them, according to an independent government entity.
Days after the United States sent 300 migrants from Asia and the Middle East to Panama, a Panamanian official said that more than half had agreed to be deported to their countries of origin.
The administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of people who can’t easily be sent back to their countries. Many say they are in danger.
The president’s confrontational foreign policy has created opportunity for his allies on K Street who are willing to take on clients he has targeted.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s threat to take back the Panama Canal may be posturing, but it could dampen the Panamanian government’s wish to broaden relations with the United States, analysts say.
Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.
Few took the president-elect’s combative comments at face value, but they still sent a shudder through a country that has been invaded by the United States before.
To return the canal to Panama, President Jimmy Carter worked to change minds and build a bipartisan coalition that put aside short-term political considerations.