Panama will not give in to Trump’s canal threats

Panama’s president dismisses reports of US military evaluating canal options

Two anonymous US officials said the Pentagon had been told to look at options regarding the Panama Canal.

CNN and NBC News recently revealed the existence of a presidential memorandum ordering the Pentagon to prepare specific military options related to the Panama Canal. This official directive confirms that Trump’s rhetoric on “recovering” this waterway has moved from political discourse to concrete operational instructions. According to defense officials cited by both channels, the document explicitly instructs the Secretary of Defense to “provide…

Panama will not give in to Trump’s canal threats

These tensions resurrect unresolved legacies of America’s military footprint in Panama.

The Research Center of the Faculty of Humanities (CIFHU) of the University of Panama is pleased to present the book “The Panama Canal in the Face of Trump Threats”, compiled by Professors Olmedo Beluche and Abdiel Rodríguez Reyes, and extended by Dr. Olmedo García Ch., Dean of Humanities, which brings together a series of essays that analyze the geopolitical situation of the Panama Canal in the context of the statements and policies of US Presid…