Issue Dec 01-31 2024: On Friday, December 20, Panama honored the victims of the 1989 U.S. invasion, which ousted dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega from power and opened a wound that has yet to heal.

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: The Honduran Minister of Defense, Rixi Moncada, stated that the Honduran government does not rule out the possibility of reactivating the bilateral extradition treaty with the United States in 2026, an agreement that Tegucigalpa terminated last August and remains in force until February 28, 2025.

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: The Panama Canal is at the center of a confrontation between U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino.