The US has broken the Panama Canal neutrality treaty by bringing troops in and reopening the US bases.
Panama opposition party accuses US of ‘camouflaged invasion’ | Panama | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/12/panama-hegseth-us-invasion-canal
The admin’s consideration of such a quixotic quest underscores the growing clout of #tech magnates & #Trump’s increasingly expansionist #ForeignPolicy. After campaigning on a largely isolationist platform, #Trump has since his Nov election suggested taking back the #PanamaCanal, annexing #Canada, acquiring #Greenland, & redeveloping the war-torn #Gaza Strip after seizing the beachfront land from displaced #Palestinians.
#China's audacious #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI continues to fly under the radar in #US #CorporateMedia.
In a conventional kinetic war, this will be China's decisive edge.
While China has been investing worldwide to build ports & infrastructure, Americans have been bickering among ourselves (more sharply since 2010 with the #TeaParty).
Now Donald #Trump and Marco #Rubio want to sieze #PanamaCanal and #Greenland by force to make up for some of that inaction and to blunt the Chinese influence
President Donald Trump’s threats to take back control of the Panama Canal have prompted some Panamanians to question how much benefit they have seen from 25 years of local ownership of the waterway. #Panama #PanamaCanal #Trump
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The United States will not allow China to jeopardize the operations of the Panama Canal, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned during a visit to the Central American nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/world/politics/us-china-panama-canal-pentagon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #china #panama #panamacanal #petehegseth #centralamerica
China fires back after Pete Hegseth calls country a threat to Panama canal https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/pete-hegseth-china-panama-canal #USforeignpolicy #PeteHegseth #Panamacanal #USpolitics #Worldnews #Americas #USnews #China
China fires back after Pete Hegseth calls country a threat to Panama canal https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/pete-hegseth-china-panama-canal #USforeignpolicy #PeteHegseth #Panamacanal #USpolitics #Worldnews #Americas #USnews #China
The US will take back the Panama Canal, ending China's influence in one of the world's most important waterways, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said today after a rare visit to the Central American nation.
#PanamaCanal #PentagonChief #PanamaPresident #MastIndia #MastodonIndians #India @mastodonindians
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/we-will-take-back-panama-canal-pentagon-chief-pete-hegseth-meets-panama-president-jose-raul-mulino-8120006
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrived in Panama late Monday for a Tuesday meeting with Panamanian officials to discuss security cooperation around the Panama Canal.
Danish shipping powerhouse Maersk now owns the railway running the length of the Panama Canal, purchased from Canada. Putin’s Puppet is being outmaneuvered by world leaders! #world #politics #Maersk #panamacanal https://www.ttnews.com/articles/maersk-buys-panama-railway
Talking about the Panama Canal always makes me think of Space Elevators...
FAFO for Humanity there, here's the Climate Change angle.
https://www.ft.com/content/cb460c62-b587-4900-a0c5-722f6c2548d4
I get the feeling that the Orange Imperialist will not be amused.
Danish company buys the Panama Canal Railway from US companies.
https://www.europesays.com/1963959/
A spat over the Panama Canal is threatening Chinese President Xi Jinping's push to paint China as a steady partner to investors roiled by a global trade war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/01/companies/xi-li-ka-shing-china-business/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ckhutchison #likashing #panama #panamacanal #china #xijinping #us #republicans #donaldtrump #trade #shipping #hongkong
The doc, known as the Interim National Defense Strategic Guidance & marked “secret/no foreign national” in most passages, was distributed throughout the #Defense Dept in mid-March & signed by #Hegseth. It outlines, in broad & partisan detail, the execution of #Trump’s vision to prepare for & win a potential #war against #China & defend the #UnitedStates from threats in the “near abroad,” including #Greenland & the #PanamaCanal.
From NBC News, "Trump White House has asked US military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say"
"Potential plans range from partnering more closesly with Panamanian security forces to a less likely option of US troops seizing the canal by force, US officials told NBC News."
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“China's Panama checkmate”
by Declan O’Mulrooney in the spectator on Substack
“How Beijing blocked BlackRock and exposed the Empire's canal gambit”
https://open.substack.com/pub/thespectaclemag/p/chinas-panama-checkmate?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios
@bernicecbc @bjb He had floated the idea of buying #Greenland during his first administration, but #Canada and the #PanamaCanal are, so far as I know, new stupid things.
