Panama marks Martyrs’ Day amid Trump threats to retake control …
10 hours ago · PANAMA CITY (AP) — A Panamanian national holiday remembering the killing of 21 protesters by police and U.S. troops in 1964 is taking on new resonance this year as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatens to take back control of the Panama Canal.. On Jan. 9, 1964, students protested in the then-U.S. controlled canal zone over not being allowed to fly Panama’s flag at a secondary school ...
Trump threatens land grabs of Panama Canal, Greenland, even ... - ABC News
2 days ago · The Panama Canal was built for our military." Trump also slammed former President Jimmy Carter for overseeing diplomatic negotiations to turn over the Panama Canal, which the U.S. finished ...
Panama marks Martyrs' Day amid Trump threats to retake ... - ABC News
10 hours ago · But Trump is bringing an expansionist attitude to his second term and on Tuesday, refused to rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal. Trump has complained in recent ...
Why Does Trump Want the Panama Canal? Here’s What to Know.
1 day ago · While it is unclear what prompted Mr. Trump’s recent obsession with the Panama Canal, some Republicans have long objected to a decades-old treaty that turned the shipping lane over to Panamanian ...
Presidential Transition Updates: An Emboldened Trump Talks of …
2 days ago · During a news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, President-elect Donald J. Trump refused to rule out using military force to retake the Panama Canal. Reporter: “Your references to Greenland ...
Panama Unsettled by Trump Threat to Seize Canal
2 days ago · Few appeared to be taking Mr. Trump’s threats very seriously, but Panama’s foreign minister, Javier Martínez-Acha, made his country’s position clear at a news conference hours after the ...
Why is Trump threatening to take over the Panama Canal?
Dec 23, 2024 · On Sunday, United States President-elect Donald Trump said that his new administration will try and regain control of the Panama Canal. His statements drew rebuke from Panama President Jose...
Trump threatens to try to take back the Panama Canal | AP News
Dec 23, 2024 · PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States “foolishly” ceded to its Central American ally, contending that shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through the vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Panama Canal is not for sale, Panama's president says. What ... - CBS News
Dec 26, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested the United States take over the Panama Canal, a shipping waterway that cuts across Central America, unless fees for using the canal are...
Panama’s president and Trump spar over Panama Canal
Dec 22, 2024 · Moments after President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on his plans to take back the Panama Canal, Panama’s president said Sunday that the canal will remain under his country’s control.