2 Panama Canal ports have dragged Panama into a tussle between superpowers

Containers sit at the Balboa terminal, run by CK Hutchison’s Panama Ports Co., after Panama’s government ordered the occupation of the port following a Supreme Court ruling that the concession was unconstitutional, in Panama City, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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