Panama denies State Department's claim US government vessels can freely transit canal —'intolerable falsehood'

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Panama’s president says he didn’t make a deal to let U.S. warships transit the canal for free

José Raúl Mulino denied the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a deal allowing U.S. warships to transit the Panama Canal for free.

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Panama Denies Making Deal To Allow Free Transit For U.S. Warships Through Canal

Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino has denied the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a deal allowing U.S. warships to transit the Panama Canal for free.

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Panama Canal Authority Denies Trump’s Claim of Free Passage for U.S. Ships

The Panama Canal Authority has denied the Trump administration’s sudden claim that U.S. vessels would be able to cross the waterway “without charge fees, saving the U.S. government millions of dollars a year.” Panama’s government said Wednesday no such adjustment had been made. Trump has repeatedly threatened to retake the Panama Canal, claiming it’s being operated by China.

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News Wrap: Panama's president rejects U.S. claim of canal transit fee deal

In our news wrap Thursday, Panama's president is pushing back on U.S. claims that a deal over transit fees for the Panama Canal was reached, the NCAA updated its transgender policy to limit women's competition to athletes who were assigned as female at birth and there are growing concerns over the spread of bird flu after dairy cattle in Nevada became infected with a new variant of the disease.

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The president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, denied that his government had granted free passage to US government ships through the Panama Canal, accusing the United States of saying “liars and falsehoods.” Mulino, who has promised to keep the Canal in Panamanian hands, said he was surprised by the State Department’s statement that U.S. ships would transit for free, as the Constitution of Panama prohibits such toll exemptions, he said in a press c…

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'Intolerable' US claim sparks new row over Panama Canal

PANAMA CITY: Panama on Thursday rejected the United States’ claim of securing free passage for its government vessels through the Panama Canal, while bowing to US pressure to quit a key Chinese project. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd