Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino again rejected the plea by his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump to take back the Panama Canal. In a publication on X, Mulino said the canal "is and will continue being Panama's" adding that its management will continue to be under the country's authority.
"I repeat what I said back in December: the canal will continue being Panama's and it will continue to be under our control," Mulino said. "The canal was not granted by anybody. It was the result of generational fights that concluded in 1999, thanks to the Torrijos-Carter treaty. Since then, for 25 years, we have expanded it in order to serve the world and its commerce, including the U.S."
