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submitted 1 week ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino firmly rejected any negotiations over U.S. control of the Panama Canal, responding to Trump’s past remarks about reclaiming it.

Mulino clarified that Panama fully controls the canal, though a Hong Kong firm manages ports at both ends.

He aims to use U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to focus on shared interests like migration and drug trafficking.

The U.S. relinquished control of the canal in 1999 under a treaty signed by President Jimmy Carter.

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[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 33 points 1 week ago

"We don't negotiate with terrorists"

Hong Kong firm

Oh, I don't see this going well at all.

[-] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We're already putting tarrifs on Taiwan.

Giving Ukraine to Russia and Taiwan to China were part of Trump's deal to become president.

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

[-] TehWorld@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I think tha Panamanians are missing an opportunity here. They could trade the canal for say, Florida?

[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

No one wants Florida. Floridians live there.

[-] TehWorld@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

But Mar-a-lardo goes along with it.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Not for long! It'll be underwater soon.

this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2025
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