Panama tells Trump canal 'is and will remain' Panamanian

Panama on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's pledge that the United States would be "taking back" the Panama Canal, saying the key interoceanic waterway would remain under its control.

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(FILES) A cargo ship and tugboat sail through the Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, in Panama on August 12, 2024. Panama on January 20, 2025, rejected President Donald Trump's pledge that the United States would be "taking back" the Panama Canal, saying the key interoceanic waterway would remain under its control. "The canal is and will remain Panama's," President Jose Raul Mulino said in a statement published on social media. (Photo by ARNULFO FRANCO / AFP)

2025-01-21 10:27:42

Panama on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's pledge that the United States would be "taking back" the Panama Canal, saying the key interoceanic waterway would remain under its control.

"I must comprehensively reject the words of President Donald Trump," President Jose Raul Mulino said in a statement published on social media.

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