Canal control off table with Rubio, Panama president says

Canal control off the table with Rubio, Panama president says
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday ruled out discussing control over the Panama Canal in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is set to visit the Central American country in his first official trip abroad this weekend.
Panama: China does not have control of the canal, Panama says in anticipation of Rubio's visit
Panama City, Panama - China does not control the Panama Canal, nor does it charge more tolls to the United States, says its former administrator, Jorge Quijano, in an interview with EFE in which he deconstructs the discourse used by US President Donald Trump to argue his intention to "regain" the operation of the route between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
Panama’s president says there will be no negotiation about ownership of canal
Panama President José Raúl Mulino says there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal. He also says that he hopes U.S.
Why is Trump threatening to take over the Panama Canal?
Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal, the world's second busiest interoceanic waterway.
Trump wants to take back the Panama Canal. Can he do it?
President Donald Trump cannot take the Panama Canal — at least not legally — as he would be violating every single treaty that the U.S. has come into with Panama since 1945, international law and national security experts told WLRN.
Panama’s president ahead of Rubio’s visit: ‘I cannot negotiate’ on the canal
Panama President José Raúl Mulino has a message for Secretary of State Marco Rubio ahead of his impending diplomatic visit: The Panama Canal is not up for discussion. “It’s impossible,” Munilo said in Spanish at a press conference in Panama City on Thursday.
Rubio to Take up Trump's Panama Gambit, Migration Crusade in Latam Visit
When Marco Rubio arrives in Latin America this weekend on his first foreign trip as Donald Trump's secretary of state, he'll find a region reeling from the new administration's shock-and-awe approach to diplomacy.
Rubio backs Trump's controversial Greenland, Panama Canal acquisition plans
Rubio defended Trump's proposed territorial expansions as a 'national interest,' while Denmark and Greenland firmly rejected offers amid concerns over potential military action.
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China in Latin America: January 2025
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How much control does China really have over the Panama Canal?
China may have investments in the operations of the Panama Canal but its soldiers are not operating it.
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Panama, familiar with US intervention, bristles at Trump's comments on canal
And above all, China is operating the Panama Canal,” Trump said Monday. In the capital, some Panamanians saw Trump’s remarks as a way of applying pressure on Panama for something else he wants ...
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Why Trump Sees a Chinese Threat at the Panama Canal, and Locals Don’t
PANAMA CITY, Panama—President Trump’s reasons for wanting control of the Panama Canal can be found at either end of the interoceanic waterway. Every day, dozens of cargo ships pass by blue ...
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Does China 'operate' Panama Canal, as Trump says?
Trump posted on social media that the "wonderful soldiers of China" were "lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal" - a claim which was swiftly denied by officials in Panama City ...
Panama opens audit of Chinese port operator while Trump threatens to take canal back
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Panama and China push back against Trump’s canal threats
Panama and China have pushed back against United States ... thanks to a growing presence around the waterway, Panama City on Tuesday made a formal complaint to the United Nations, referring ...
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When the mother of one of the Thai hostages held in the Gaza Strip for over a year caught sight of her son on a Facebook ...