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Panama City: Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday ruled out negotiations with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal as he prepares to host Donald Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Trump, in his inaugural address on January 20, alleged that China was effectively “operating” the waterway which the United States handed…
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Panama City: Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against U.S. control of the Panama Canal in 1964, with some protesters burning an effigy of President-elect Donald Trump who has threatened to retake the vital global waterway. More than 20 Panamanians, many of them students, died during violent…
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People demonstrate against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at the Monument to the Martyrs of January 9th and the “eternal flame” in Panama City on December 31, 2024. | Photo Credit: ARNULFO FRANCO The story so far: On December 22, 2024, Donald Trump threatened to take back the Panama canal, calling the transfer treaty “foolish”. He…
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