Rubio said that the US would be obligated to protect the Panama Canal if it comes under attack ... s “absolute rejection” of maintaining bilateral relations with the US “on the basis ...
President Trump appeared to double down on his threats to seize the Panama Canal, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Panama with an ultimatum from the White House. Photo: Ben Curtis ...
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday rejected U.S. claims that American warships and boats can transit the Panama Canal without paying a standard fee. In a weekly news conference ...
Mulino said he had told U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday that he could neither set the fees to transit the canal nor exempt anyone from them and that he was surprised by the U.S ...
Hong Kong CNN — Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal and accusing the country of ceding ...
During meetings with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, Rubio warned of China’s “influence and control” near the canal’s logistics chain. In response, Mulino announced that Panama ...
The Panama Canal is a 51-mile (82km ... Mulino reacted to the statement by saying he rejects "this method of managing bilateral relations on the basis of lies and falsehoods." ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said it was “absurd” to charge fees to the U.S. military ...