Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - Panama has firmly rejected former U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent statement that the United States would be "taking back" control of the Panama Canal, emphasizing that the strategic waterway remains under Panamanian authority.
In a statement on social media Monday, January 20, Panamanian President
Jose Raul Mulino dismissed Trump’s remarks, reiterating the country’s
sovereignty over the canal.
“I must comprehensively reject the words of President Donald Trump,”
Mulino declared. “The canal is and will remain Panama’s,” he added, refuting
Trump’s assertion that China is operating the canal. There is no presence of
any nation in the world that interferes,” Mulino stressed.
The Panama Canal, a critical interoceanic passage, was constructed by
the United States and officially opened in 1914. It was transferred to Panama
on December 31, 1999, under the terms of agreements signed in the 1970s by
then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos.
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