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We’re taking it back.”
On Monday, President Trump said of the Panama Canal
[The ... The U.S. and Panama] must protect the canal from any threat to the neutrality regime,
Shchetinin said
Dialogue is always the way to clarify the points mentioned without undermining our right, total sovereignty and ownership of our Canal,
Mulino saidThe United States… spent more money than was ever spent on a project before and lost 38,000 lives in the building of the Panama Canal,
Trump said at his inaugural address on Monday.jpg)
As President, I want to express precisely that every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent area belong to PANAMA, and will continue to be.”
Following Trump’s assertions that the canal should be returned to the United States, Panama‘s President José Raúl Mulino issued a statement in December saying
We expect that during the expected discussions between the leadership of Panama and U.S. President Donald Trump on issues of control over the Panama Canal … the parties will respect the current international legal regime of this key waterway,
said Alexander Shchetinin, director of the Latin American department of the Russian foreign ministry, according to Russian state media
Our Navy and Commerce have been treated in a very unfair and injudicious way. The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous,
Trump posted on his Truth Social platform in November
The canal is and will remain Panama's,
Mulino said, calling for dialogue to address any issues
Above all, China is operating the Panama Canal, and we didn't give it to China, we gave it to Panama. And we're taking it back,
Trump said after being sworn in inside the US CapitolI really feel uncomfortable because it’s like when you’re big and you take a candy from a little kid,
Barrera said
It might be that you'll have to ... We need them for economic security."
and addingAmerican ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape or form, and that includes the United States Navy. And above all, China is operating the Panama Canal,
Trump said MondayThe Panama Canal is our oil, and this is as if you’re threatening to take oil from Saudi Arabia, to take away the oil wells,
said Diaz-EspinoWe paid for it, we built it, and right now over 55% of the revenues of the Panama Canal are coming from that investment, not from the US investment that they made so long ago,
former Administrator of the Panama Canal Jorge Luis Quijano told CNNIt was colonialism. The country was divided in two and you couldn’t even go inside,
said author Diaz-Espino of the Canal Zone
Fairness and not force should lie at the heart of our dealings with the nations of the world,
Carter said at the signing ceremony for the accordsCanal is opened by Wilson’s finger,
read the headline in next day’s New York TimesPanama is doing so well with the canal, there are many workers, there is so much employment,
Trump said in 2011.We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made, and Panama’s promise to us has been broken. The purpose of our deal and the spirit of our treaty has been totally violated,
Trump stated
The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation, one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations and carries our flag into new and beautiful horizons,
he declared