Andrea Salcedo

Chicago, Panama, United States

Breaking News Reporter at The Washington Post

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Trump threat to take Panama Canal prompts debate over local ownership

2 weeks ago | csmonitor.com | Whitney Eulich |Andrea Salcedo

Decades after the United States invaded Panama in 1989, Samuel Castañeda says the sounds and smells of that night – armored tanks rumbling, houses burning, and bullets flying around his neighborhood – still loom large in his memory. Today, a new kind of offensive is on Panamanian minds, as U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly threatens to wrest control of the Panama Canal back into American hands.
After Trump threats, Hong Kong firm to sell stake in Panama Canal ports

1 month ago | dailyherald.com | Andrea Salcedo |Mary Beth Sheridan

Cargo containers sit stacked as cranes load and unload containers from cargo ships at the Cristobal port, operated by the Panama Ports Company, in Colon, Tuesday, Panama, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) AP PANAMA CITY — A Hong Kong-based company announced Tuesday that it would sell its stake in two ports on the Panama Canal to a U.S.-led consortium, apparently responding to threats from President Donald Trump over what he called Chinese influence at the critical waterway.
Why would a doctor want to learn machine learning? (And why you might too)

2 months ago | medium.com | Andrea Salcedo

Andrea López Salcedo·Follow2 min read·--Learning new tools and disciplines is never a waste of time or a distraction from our goals. On the contrary, it has a dual benefit. First, it offers us an alternative perspective to the way we usually think in our daily lives. It helps us update our mental models and approach everyday problems from angles that may be obvious to other professionals but remain hidden from us due to the frameworks we typically operate with.
Trump deports hundreds to third countries, leaving them in legal limbo

2 months ago | msn.com | Andrea Salcedo |Samantha Schmidt

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Live updates: Trump to address nation’s governors, sign more executive orders

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Andrea Salcedo |Samantha Schmidt |Meryl Kornfield |Patrick Svitek |Justine McDaniel |Jacob Bogage | +2 more

Democracy Dies in DarknessPoliticsDonald TrumpThe FixThe BriefsPollingDemocracy in AmericaElectionsPoliticsDonald TrumpThe FixThe BriefsPollingDemocracy in AmericaElectionsUpdated February 21, 2025 at 6:54 a.m. ESTPresident Donald Trump arrives with golfer Tiger Woods during a reception honoring Black History Month in the East Room at the White House on Thursday.
Trump deports hundreds to third countries, leaving them in legal limbo

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Andrea Salcedo |Samantha Schmidt

PANAMA CITY, Panama — In recent years, hundreds of thousands of migrants from around the world crossed the treacherous Darién Gap jungle, many of them stopping in temporary shelters in Panama and Costa Rica on their way to the United States. Now, the Trump administration has deported more than 400 migrants — from as far as China and Vietnam — back to some of these shelters, leaving them in legal limbo.
Zelenskyy to lead Ukraine’s delegation at Munich Security Conference that JD Vance will attend

2 months ago | post-gazette.com | Samy Magdy |Andrea Salcedo |Mary Beth Sheridan

KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will lead Ukraine’s delegation at the Munich Security Conference next week, which U.S. Vice President JD Vance and special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, are also expected to attend, the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff said Thursday.
Two years on, survivors of Turkish earthquake still struggle with loss and hardship

2 months ago | post-gazette.com | Samy Magdy |Andrea Salcedo |Mary Sheridan

ANKARA, Turkey — Two years have passed since a devastating earthquake shattered Turkey’s southern region, but for Omer Aydin and many other of its survivors the memory and the suffering remain fresh. While struggling with a third winter in the cold inside a shipping container-like temporary housing unit, the single father of three is grappling with a cost-of-living crisis that is affecting the whole country as well as still trying to heal the scars from the disaster.
Panama rejects U.S. claim it dropped canal fees after Rubio visit

2 months ago | spokesman.com | Andrea Salcedo |Mary Sheridan

PANAMA CITY - President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday denied a claim by the Trump administration that the Central American country had agreed to eliminate tolls for U.S. government ships using the Panama Canal, in an apparent setback to U.S. diplomatic efforts. “I am very taken aback by yesterday’s news release from the State Department,” Mulino said during his weekly news conference.
Panama rejects U.S. claim it dropped canal fees after Rubio visit

2 months ago | msn.com | Andrea Salcedo |Mary Sheridan

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