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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Panama president says US Embassy threatened to cancel visas over ties to China

Panama US - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday that someone at the U.S. Embassy has been threatening to cancel the visas of Panamanian officials as the Trump administration pressures Panama to limit its ties to China.

Responding to a question at his weekly news conference, Mulino said without offering evidence that an official at the U.S. Embassy is "threatening to take visas,” adding that such actions are ”not coherent with the good relationship I aspire to maintain with the United States.” He did not name the official.

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