Why Panama Won’t Use the Security Council to Pressure the US on the Canal

Why Panama Won’t Use the Security Council to Pressure the US on the Canal

Eloy Alfaro de Alba, the permanent representative of Panama to the UN, is president of the Security Council for August. Although the country’s key debate will focus on maritime security, de Alba says it is not an indirect poke at the United States’ renewed interest in the Panama Canal, Aug. 1, 2025. JOHN PENNEY/PASSBLUE As Panama assumes the helm of the United Nations Security Council for August, its top envoy is placing maritime security square…