The interoceanic waterway is governed by a multilateral treaty supported by over 40 countries, he recalled. On Wednesday, Panamanian President Jose Mulino stated that his country has international law “on its side” in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s intentions to reclaim control of the Panama Canal. RELATED: U.S. Ships Getting Preferential Rates Would Create […]

‘We cannot discriminate for the Chinese, or the Americans, or anyone else,’ Vasquez-Morales said. On Wednesday, Panama Canal Administrator Ricaurte Vasquez-Morales said that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that U.S. ships get preferential rates “will violate the neutrality treaty, international law, and it will lead to chaos.” RELATED: Trump’s Expansionist Claims Rejected by Leaders in […]

The 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties ensure that the U.S. will never interfere with Panama’s sovereignty. The Panama Canal stands as the greatest symbol of the Panamanian people’s generational struggle for national sovereignty, as President Jose Raul Mulino reminded the public. RELATED: ALBA-TCP Rejects Threats from Donald Trump on the Panama Canal Now, as it marks the […]

This infrastructure was returned to Panama under the 1999 Carter-Torrijos Treaty On Sunday, Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino dismissed recent threats made by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to retake control of the Panama Canal, reaffirming that “the sovereignty and independence” of Panama are not “negotiable.” RELATED: China Supports the Sovereignty of the Panamanian People Over […]

Mao Ning stressed that her country has always respected the just struggle of the Panamanian people for sovereignty. On Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated that the Panama Canal “belongs to Panama” and that her country will always respect Panama’s sovereignty over it. RELATED: The canal will remain “in Panamanian hands”: Mulino “The […]