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Mat Youkee in Panama City

Panama opposition party accuses US of ‘camouflaged invasion’

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Pete Hegseth speaks at Port of Rodman in West Panama on 8 April 2025. Photograph: Matias Delacroix/AP

Panamanian opposition politicians have accused the US of launching a “camouflaged invasion” of the country, amid simmering discontent over the government’s handling of the diplomatic crisis.

After a three-day visit by the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump appeared to confirm that US military personnel had been deployed to the Central American country on Thursday, telling reporters: “We’ve moved a lot of troops to Panama.”

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