Last month, Panama’s Supreme Court cancelled the contracts of a Hong Kong based firm that allowed it to operate the ports.

   The move follows Donald Trump’s previous claim the US was taking the crucial Panama canal back from China.

   BBC correspondent Will Grant surveys the similarities and differences between current US-Venezuela tensions and the 1989 invasion of Panama.

   Constitutional rights are suspended for five days in the Bocas del Toro province after mass looting.

   In 1989, more than 20,000 US soldiers descended on the tiny Central American country

   BlackRock will buy two ports after Trump’s interest in taking back control of the key shipping route.

   Indians, Afghans and Sri Lankans are among the undocumented migrants unable to leave the hotel after being deported.

   Can Panama navigate US pressure over the canal while balancing its ties with China?

   Rising sea levels threaten homes in Panama, but not everyone wants to leave.

   The US State Department had claimed that they were no longer required to pay a fee for transit.

   Washington had suggested Panama had agreed to no longer charge fees for US government vessels using the waterway.

   Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the country amid US threats to retake control of the Panama Canal.

   The US president says the US should take back the famous waterway because China runs it now.

   Donald Trump claims China is operating the key US trade route but Panama says it belongs to them.

   An overview of the media in Panama, including links to broadcasters and newspapers.

   Panama says the canal’s sovereignty is non-negotiable after Trump refuses to rule out military force to seize it.

   The president-elect said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland.

   The president-elect has threatened to take back control of the Panama Canal, alleging Chinese interference.

   Trump’s promises to use America’s strength to its advantage helped propel him twice to the White House.

   It prompts a sharp rebuke from Panama’s president, who says every square metre of the canal belongs to his country.

   In the 1980s, Leonardo Renato Aulder pioneered a movement in Panama with his friends

   In 1999 the Panama Canal was handed over from US to Panamanian rule.

   The Panama Canal: arguably the greatest infrastructure project the world has ever seen

   Panama’s fight for water in one of the world’s wettest countries