Panama’s president says there will be no negotiation about ownership of canal
https://apnews.com/article/panama-canal-us-rubio-mulino-a3b1ccdf2fe1b0e957b44f1cf7a9fcfe
Panama’s president says there will be no negotiation about ownership of canal
https://apnews.com/article/panama-canal-us-rubio-mulino-a3b1ccdf2fe1b0e957b44f1cf7a9fcfe
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Good! As it should be!
Excellent. The Panama Canal is in Panama, America has no legitimate claim to it. Let it remain Panamanian.
Good, don’t give in to trump. Stand up to him, imagine if most democratic countries did.
Does there have to be?
Here comes shit stain with a tariff threat no doubt.
I feel like Trump/his people are just itching for a war and starting a global conflict.
Everything he is doing is just screaming to the world “Try us. You’ll go down with us”
Is the Trump administration trying to unite the world against us?
Perhaps someone will ask Google to rename it canal of america.
Torrijos, the guy who got the Panama Canal from the US, is a hero in Panama. So many things are named after him. I referred to him as a dictator in a conversation with my Panamanian fiancé and was swiftly told not to refer to him as a dictator to other Panamanians. The canal gave him an incomparably grand legacy in Panama.
Now imagine you grew up seeing this guy’s name everywhere, learning about his legacy and the importance of the canal, and then being asked to give it up. You’d be persona non grata in Panama for the rest of your life.
For those saying “what about all the Americans that died building the canal”..
The canal construction under U.S. control (1904-1914) caused an estimated 5,600–6,000 deaths, mainly among West Indian (Afro-Caribbean) laborers brought from Barbados, Jamaica, and Martinique (5-5,500). These deaths were due to disease (yellow fever, malaria), accidents, and harsh working conditions. Many Panamanians also suffered due to the construction, though they were a minority of the workforce.
I think it’s important to note that the 350 Americans who died constructing the Canal had separate, well-maintained living quarters and access to higher quality medical care. They had better nutrition and working conditions while the highest risk and most intensive work was offloaded onto non-Americans.
Like there shouldn’t be.
And why would there be.
Just like my country🇨🇦
The Turd can ef off
A deal is a deal and according to the deal, the canal belongs to Panama.
Trump mob intimidation tactics wont work outside of MAGA imagination.
The art of the deal.
This would be the equivalent of the French demanding the Suez Canal back from Egypt. It’s an institution of imperialism and was built off exploitation . Panama has ever right to trade with China as they please and use the canal for their interests.
Can we reopen the canal of the pharaohs instead? We can have our own canal with blackjack and hookahs!
Well he has a lot of nerve to think it’s up to him.
Good, but also trump will call this hostile act. I guarantee it.
I remember Mexico was supposedly going to build a wall or pay for a wall.
Well it is not first time a Panama President getting kidnapped by USA
If I were the President of Panama I would wire the whole canal with explosives and communicate cleary that the canal is history if any foreign soldier sets foot on Panamas soil.
If you are American: February 5 will have nationwide protests across at state capitals across all 50 states. If you can’t make it that day, call your reps and your senators. Even your mayor and local officials.
Challenge MAGA. Even if you feel it won’t work, you need to try. Stop doomscrolling and TRY.
Get out on the streets on Feb 5.
[https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/wha/rlnks/11936.htm?os=f&ref=app](https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/wha/rlnks/11936.htm?os=f&ref=app)
Panama Canal Treaty of 1977
President Jimmy Carter
and Panamanian Chief of Government Omar Torrijos signed the Panama
Canal Treaty and Neutrality Treaty on September 7, 1977. This agreement
relinquishes American control over the canal by the year 2000 and
guarantees its neutrality. On May 4, 1904, Panama granted the United
States the right to build and operate the canal and control the five
miles of land on either side of the water passage in exchange for annual
payments. For the history of the Panama Canal, visit the Library of Congress American Memory section.
That was yesterday’s news. We’ve moved on to whether DEI crashed a plane into a helicopter. Get with the times, President Mulino.
Mark my words, there will be negotiations
You go Panama, we are with you
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