Secseth to visit Panama after the requests of Trump Canale
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to meet Panama leaders next week among the president Donald TrumpThere are continuous efforts to resume control of the main strategic and military resources.
The Trump administration was explicit on threats to national security presented by alleged Chinese interference.
During a February visit to the country, Secretary of State Marco Rubio He wrote in a post X that “the United States cannot and will not allow the Chinese Communist Party to continue with its effective and growing control over the Panama channel area”.
The chief spokesman for the Pentagon Sean Parnell confirmed on Friday the Defense secretary He will participate in the 2025 central security conference, participating in discussions that “will guide the current efforts to strengthen the United States partnerships with Panama and other Central American nations”, according to a relationship of the Associated Press.
A loading boat sails on the Panama channel next to the expansion project of the Panama channel on the Pacific side in Panama City on November 17, 2015. (Reuters)
The president, who criticized the six -digit prizes imposed on the US ships that travel along the vital navigable street, previously suggested that he regained the channel.
It was built by the United States over several decades, but in the end it was delivered to Panama during the Carter administration.
The “Panama Canal Recorrase Act”, a bill that has recently been introduced to the congressIt would give Trump the authority to negotiate with adequate officials of the Panamense government to regain the Panama channel.
The secretary of the United States Defense Pete Hegseth participates in a meeting of NATO defense ministers at the headquarters of the alliance in Brussels, Belgium, February 13, 2025. (Reuters/Yves Herman)
President of Panama José Raúl Mulino Previously said that China has no influence on the channel and has accused Trump of “lying” on the acquisition potentially, according to the AP.
Blackrock, Inc. subsequently announced an agreement from $ 23 billion with CK Hutchinson based in Hong Kong to take the ownership of the Panamensi ports of Cristobal and Balboa, together with 43 ports in another 23 countries, reported Fox News Digital previously.
Two cargo ships enter the strands of Miraflores of the Panama canal in Panama City on January 22nd. (Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images)
The channel could be used as a lever for China in US tariff negotiations.
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Hegseth will also visit Eglin Air Force Base in Florida to meet military members and leadership at the 7th special forces group, according to AP.
Morgan Phillips of Fox News has contributed to this relationship.
