Endless War

An alternative policy for Panama is to align with the rules based international order," he continued. "This includes establishing synergies with like-minded states which have been also affected by U.S. actions such as Canada, Mexico, Greenland, and Denmark. The country should seek to transcend the U.S.-China binary and find alternatives for alliances, which should include partners like the European Union."

Trump is still managing to keep all of the nations he is threatening to stay divided with China (and Russia). China building a ton of projects in Panama is certain to improve Panama more than keeping it isolated and undeveloped/threatened.

BlackRock led a group of investors in a $23 billion deal to purchase ports at both ends of the Panama Canal from a Hong Kong-based conglomerate

Blackrock is main investor/receiver of Ukraine land so far. Happened under Biden. It would seem that they have control on US behalf of Canal, and so invasion plans is proof to keep Panama undeveloped without other options.

Panama Canal uses freshwater for Locks. Global warming step up last 2 years has put the lake source under drought and reduced the Canal's capacity. A railway somewhere around Panama is a need to increase capacity of goods from Pacific to Atlantic, and provide resilience from drought conditions certain to worsen.