Joe Biden's Panama visit to include chemical weapons disposal talks WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Vice President Joe Biden's trip to Panama to reinforce ties in Latin America will include talks regarding chemical weapons left there, officials said Friday. Biden and an entourage that includes U.S. mayors and members of Congress will visit Panama next week, and an item on the agenda will be the disposal of American chemical munitions, left on Panama's San Jose Island in the Pacific Ocean, since the 1940s. We are aware of Panama's formal request in May to have eight U.S.-origin chemical munitions destroyed. We'll be prepared to talk about it directly," a senior administration official said. The official also said the trip "comes in a broader context of our commitment to partnership and active engagement" in Western Hemisphere trade.