Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino rejected statements by his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump regarding his intention to "recover" the Panama Canal, calling them "a new affront to our dignity."
In a message posted on X, Mulino said that "the Panama Canal is not in the process of being recovered, nor has this been discussed in any of our conversations with Secretary of State Marco Rubio or any other U.S. official," adding that "the Canal is Panamanian and will remain Panamanian."
