Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Military Force To Take Panama Canal, Greenland
January 7, 2025
When asked if he would avoid using economic and military coercion, Trump said, “I can’t assure you. You’re talking about Panama and Greenland. No, I can’t assure you on either of those two.”
Trump claims that the Panama Canal is controlled by China, but it is under the control of the Panama Canal Authority, a government agency of Panama. “Look, the Panama Canal is vital to our country, it’s being operated by China, China. And we gave the Panama Canal to Panama, we didn’t give it to China,” he said.
The president-elect has even alleged that Chinese soldiers are in the Panama Canal. “Christmas greetings to all, including the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal,” he wrote on Truth Social on Christmas Day.
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The Gulf of Mexico Has Been Called That Way Since Before the U.S. Existed: Sheinbaum
Jan 8, 2024
The Mexican president responded to Trump’s intention to rename this ocean basin as ‘The Gulf of America’.
On Wednesday, President Claudia Sheinbaum reminded U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that the name “Gulf of America” has been internationally recognized since 1607 and jokingly suggested calling the United States “Mexican America.”
In response to Trump’s proposal to rename the area “Gulf of America,” Sheinbaum displayed a world map during her morning press conference, stating it was “edited by a Flemish cartographer for the Amsterdam East India Company” in 1607.
This 17th century map of greater Mexico identifies the body of water as the “Gulf of Mexico” and refers to the current territory of the United States as “Mexican America.”
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Panama Stands Firm on Canal Sovereignty in Response to President-elect Trump
Jan 7, 2024
In his statement to the press, he reaffirmed the words of Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, emphasizing that the relationship between Panama and the United States will be managed through appropriate diplomatic channels once Trump takes office on January 20.
Amid diplomatic tensions, the Panamanian Foreign Minister, Javier Martínez-Acha, defended Panama’s sovereignty over the Interoceanic Canal on Tuesday, calling it an “irreversible conquest.”
This statement comes in response to recent remarks by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who did not rule out the use of military force to regain control of this vital waterway.
Martínez-Acha stressed that the sovereignty of the canal is “non-negotiable” and is a fundamental part of the country’s history of struggle for autonomy.
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Honduras threatens to close US military bases over Trump’s anti-immigration agenda
Jan 6, 2024
Honduran President Xiomara Castro said in a national broadcast, “Faced with a hostile attitude of massive expulsion of our brothers, we would have to consider a change in our policies of cooperation with the United States, especially in the military field, in which without paying a penny for decades they maintain military bases in our territory that in this case would lose all reason to exist in Honduras”.
Honduras is home to one of the largest US military bases in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Enrique Soto Cano air base, also known as Palmerola. About 1,500 US military personnel are stationed at the air base shared with the Honduran Air Force.
The Joint Task Force – Bravo of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) operates out of Palmerola. SOUTHCOM is the military command of the US Army that operates in all of Central and South America. The Soto Cano base is a key geopolitical and military position for the US, having historically served as the base of its operations in Central America during the 1980s, during which left-wing guerrilla groups in several countries in the region were fighting against US-backed dictatorships.
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