“I must comprehensively reject the words outlined by President Donald Trump (…) the canal is and will continue to be Panama’s”he expressed in a statement published on his X account.
The Panamanian president, José Raúl Mulino, He assured this Monday that the canal “is and will continue to be Panama’s” and denied that there is a foreign presence in the administration of the road, rejecting Donald Trump’s promise to “recover” it because China is “operating” it.
“I must comprehensively reject the words outlined by President Donald Trump (…) the canal is and will continue to be Panama’s”he expressed in a statement published on his X account.
“The Canal was not a concession from anyone. It was the result of generational struggles that culminated in 1999, as a result of the Torrijos-Carter treaty and, from then to date, for 25 years, uninterruptedly, we have managed and expanded it responsibly. to serve the world and its trade, including the United States,” the Central American president continued, after Trump’s words in his inauguration speech.
“We will exercise the right that protects us, the legal basis of the Treaty, the dignity that distinguishes us and the strength that International Law gives us as the ideal way to manage relations between countries and, above all, between allied and friendly countries, as They demonstrate the history and our actions regarding the United States. “Dialogue is always the way to clarify the points mentioned without undermining our right, total sovereignty and ownership of our Channel.”hill.
US flags burned in Panama in rejection of Trump
A hundred people demonstrated this Monday in Panama in front of the residence of the United States ambassador, where they burned flags of that country in protest of President Donald Trump’s promise to regain control of the interoceanic canal.
The protesters, called by left-wing organizations, burned United States flags. One of those summoned stepped on them and spat on them, before they were set on fire.
Some protesters carried Panamanian flags and a banner with the slogan: “The Panama Canal is not for sale”next to a photo of Trump with a swastika (the Nazi symbol) in his mouth.
Trump’s intentions are “delusional” and “madness” and “we do not accept them under any criteria,” he declared. Saul Mendezgeneral secretary of the construction union Suntracs, the largest labor organization in the country.
“Neither Trump nor the gringos nor his army nor his government have anything in Panama, what is in Panama belongs to the Panamanians, the canal is Panamanian, sovereignty is Panamanian and self-determination is Panamanian”he added.
Source: Ambito
