Summary

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.

  • @TehWorld
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    424 days ago

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

    • @Glytch
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      1124 days ago

      No one wants Florida. Floridians live there.

      • @TehWorld
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        224 days ago

        But Mar-a-lardo goes along with it.