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China's running the Panama Canal. That was not given to China, that was given to Panama - foolishly - but they violated the agreement, and we're going to take it back, or something very powerful is going to happen,
I don't think troops will be necessary in Panama,
I think this visit opens the door to build new relations … and try to increase as much as possible U.S. investments in Panama,
Mulino told reporters after meeting with Rubio on his first international trip since being confirmed Had the pleasure of meeting the incredible @USEmbPAN team during my first embassy meet and greet in my new role as Secretary of State!" ... Thankful for their dedication and ongoing efforts to promoting President Trump’s vision of an America First foreign policy."
Rubio wrote in a post on X We also discussed efforts to end the hemisphere’s mass migration crisis and ensure fair competition for U.S. firms,
More than 10,000 ships use the Panama Canal each year, generating billions of dollars of tolls which would economically benefit America,
We'll study the possibility of terminating it early,
The canal is and will remain Panama's,
President Jose Raul Mulino said in a statement published on social media Yes. Exactly … We can do that, without a problem, under the total cost of the US. Panama won’t invest a single dollar in it.”
Asked to clarify if migrants would come to Panama and subsequently be transferred to their respective countries, Mulio said We have to wait until that audit ends before we can reach our legal conclusions and act accordingly,
I don't feel that there is any real threat at this time against the treaty, its validity, or much less of the use of military force to seize the canal,
Rubio, get out of Panama!"
around 200 demonstrators chanted as the former senator met Mulino Sovereignty over the canal is not in question,
I think the president's been pretty clear he wants to administer the canal again. Obviously, the Panamanians are not big fans of that idea,
Rubio told SiriusXM radio in an interview before the trip China has not participated in the management and operation of the canal, has never interfered in the canal's affairs, has always respected Panama's sovereignty over the canal, and recognizes the canal as a permanently neutral international waterway."
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said late last month We gave the Panama Canal to Panama. We didn’t give it to China. They’ve abused that gift,
Trump said at an early January press conference at Mar-a-Lago Trump has made a preliminary determination that the current position of influence and control of the Chinese Communist Party over the Panama Canal area is a threat to the canal,
said US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce Secretary Rubio made clear that this status quo is unacceptable and that absent immediate changes, it would require the United States to take measures necessary to protect its rights under the treaty,
the State Department said in a summary of the meeting To the imperial messenger, ... we reiterate that there is absolutely nothing here for Trump. Panama is a free and sovereign nation.”
union leader Saul Mendez said of Rubio We firmly reject the claims of the United States to turn Panama into a protectorate and colony,
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