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@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

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

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    10 hours ago

    “We don’t negotiate with terrorists”

    Hong Kong firm

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

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      9 hours 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

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          “Richest third” is a useless division.

          You pretty need to have some equity in a house to be in that category, and it goes all the way up to nearly half a trillion in networth. A significant portion of that “richest” third isn’t even middle class.

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            24 minutes ago

            Thank you. I was surprised and confused by the graph. Of course you can’t go by thirds. Income inequality is so great that this graph is practically useless. I’d like to see it split into tenths though.