Pentagon boss Pete Hegseth desires free passage rights for the Panama Canal and thinks about US troopers within the nation. At least in a single level the federal government in Panama is coming in direction of him.
https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/panamakanal-us-verteidigungsminister-pete-hegseth-will-truppen-in-panama-stationieren-a-a5aff7cb-cd40-4f32-813b-6edceafcb40c#ref=rss
Panama Canal: US protection minister Pete Hegseth desires to station troops in Panama | EUROtoday
