NEWS: Panama leaders past and present reject Trump’s threat of Canal takeover

Panama leaders past and present reject Trump's threat of Canal takeover

Panama took full control of the Canal in 1999.
Photo: ARNULFO FRANCO / AFP
Source: AFP

The status of the Panama Canal is non-negotiable, President Jose Raul Mulino said in a statement Monday signed alongside former leaders of the country, after Donald Trump’s recent threats to reclaim the man-made waterway.

The US president-elect on Saturday had slammed what he called unfair fees for US ships passing through the Panama Canal and threatened to demand control of the waterway be returned…

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