President Raúl Mulino of Panama strongly criticized the US State Department's recent assertion that Panama had agreed to waive fees for US government ships transiting the Panama Canal. Mulino described the claim as an 'intolerable' falsehood during a news conference on Thursday.
The President expressed his surprise at the State Department's statement, which suggested that US government vessels could now pass through the canal without incurring charges, purportedly saving millions of dollars annually. However, the Panama Canal Authority promptly refuted this assertion, confirming that no adjustments had been made to tolls and fees for canal transit.
