Marko Rubio, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, held talks in Panama with her president, Jose Raul Mulino, where the demonstrators marched opposition to Donald Trump’s demands to ownership of the Panama channel to the United States.
Since Trump began talking about “recovery” Panama A channel more than a month ago, Banmese officials looked at Rubio to understand the nature of the president’s threats and potential concessions they could make to increase the relationship with the United States.
The best diplomat in America is a tour of Central America and the Caribbean Sea region in his first invasion in this position and is seeking to re -focus American diplomacy in Western hemisphere – partly to recruit assistance in organizing immigration towards the southern American border.
Even before Trump’s election, Molino signed agreements with the United States aimed at controlling irregular immigration through Daryin’s gap by increasing monitoring and entering deportation trips. In the first three weeks of January, migration via the gap 94 % compared to With the same period in 2023, some observers speculated that Rubio might ask for more stringent measures and Panama pressure to accept more asylum seekers from Venezuela.
A day after Trump announced that he imposed a big tariff on Canada and Mexico, which prompted revenge on those countries, Rubio may have been following a less clear approach. He was photographed while greeting the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama, although he or Molino publicly spoke at their meeting. Rubio is also scheduled to take a tour of an energy and canal facility during his visit.
About 200 people made a march in the city of Panama, carried the flags of Panamomoria and cried “Marco Rubio outside Panama”, “Long National Sovereignty” and “One Land, and one flag” while the meeting was continuing. Some burned a banner with Trump and Rubio after they stopped the presidential palace by the riot police.
“For the imperial Messenger, we repeat that there is nothing here at all for Trump. Panama is a free and ordinary nation,” said Federation leader Saul Mandez.
Upon returning to the office, Trump threatened to control the Panama channel, which the United States built in the early twentieth century and delivered it to Panama under the 1977 treaty, claiming that the channel is taking place Managed by China. The comments were followed by a general violent reaction, and Panama glowed Trump’s threats.
China said that it does not play any role in running the channel and that it respects the sovereignty of Panama and its independence on the waterway. The channel is run by the Panama Channel Authority, an independent agency supervised by the Panamanian government.
After Trump’s threats, Molino ordered the public reporting observer to review the main ports on both sides of the channel. Rubio, a hawk in China long during his career in the Senate, said last week that China could use ports to close the channel, a vital way to ship us, in the event of a conflict between Beijing and Washington.
Last week, the audience of the Senate Trade Committee accused Panama of mismanagement of the channel. In recent years, drought has reduced the number of transit through the channel, and has brought auctions to limited sites with numbers of up to 4 million dollars. Peni -solid commitment to solving this problem – the most likely solution is the Rio Indio Dam, an environmentally complicated and social project – can accommodate Rubio’s concerns.
However, the American administration of the channel or a significant reduction in its fees – which is an important part of the national budget – will be unacceptable to both the government and the Banmese people. Mulino said that the ownership of the channel was Not on the table in conversations With Rubio.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, Trump said that the verification of the audit was not sufficient and that Panama was “fully violated” when the United States delivered the channel.
Trump said of Panama: “They have already offered many things, but we believe it is appropriate to repeat it,” Trump said of Panama.
