“Panama cannot end up becoming a black hole for deported migrants,” said Juan Pappier, deputy director of Human Rights Watch in the Americas. “Migrants have the right to communicate with their families, to seek lawyers and Panama must guarantee transparency about the situation in which they find themselves.”

Dozens of mostly Asian migrants were put on a deportation flight on Thursday. But instead of landing near their home countries, the plane arrived in San Josè, Costa Rica.

Deporting migrants to Central American countries removes many political and legal hurdles for the Trump administration. How far can the practice go before these nations reach a breaking point?

The Trump administration threatening partners in the Americas may prove to be short-term tactical approach but it will not prove to be a viable long-term strategy for engaging economically with the region.

Officials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants' passports and cellphones, denying them access to legal services and moving them between remote outposts as they wrestle with the logistics of a suddenly reversed migration flow.

Boatloads of migrants have returned to South America this week from a new departure point in Panama -- part of an increasing and chaotic reverse migratory flow triggered by US President Donald Trump'

Prior to the origination of the plans for the Panama Canal vessels of trade had few options of getting goods from Europe and Asia to N. America.

SAGSE authorities announced an agreement with COPA Airlines, through which those attending SAGSE Central America and Caribbean 2025 will be able to obtain their tickets at a 15% discount and make a stopover at no additional cost.

Copa Airlines will operate new nonstop flights between San Diego International Airport and Tocumen International Airport in Panama on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays beginning June 25.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE:H) and Grupo Desarrollo Bahia announced today the opening of Hyatt Regency Panama City, the first Hyatt Regency hotel i