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Panamanian organization repudiates Donald Trump’s threats

Panama, Jan 26 (Prensa Latina) The organization Polo Ciudadano on Sunday repudiated the threats by US President Donald Trump to resume the administration of the Panama Canal.

The Panamanian social movement pointed out in a statement that sovereignty over the interoceanic route and its adjacent areas was not a gift from anyone, it was conquered with the generational struggle at the cost of countless martyrs.

According to the group, 25 years without the Canal Zone, or military bases, administering the fluvial route, demonstrate that Panama can provide this service to world trade efficiently.

It also indicates that the local corrupt oligarchy frustrated the promise of bigger collective use of the canal, privatized its ports and the board of directors manages its funds behind the people’s back, as a consequence of the US invasion in December 1989.

In this regard, Polo Ciudadano called to nationalize the ports and for the canal authorities to be made up of representatives of the popular sectors, professional associations and the academia.

“One territory, one flag,” the text emphasized.

As soon as he took assumed on January 20, Trump accused Panama of failing to fulfill the promises it made for the definitive transfer of the strategic waterway in 1999.

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