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A cargo ship traverses the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon, Panama, September 2, 2024
DONALD TRUMP suggested on Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States “foolishly” ceded to its central American ally.
The US president-elect argued that “ridiculous” fees are charged for ships to pass through the channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Panama’s right-wing President Jose Raul Mulino rejected that notion as an affront to his country’s sovereignty.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite opposition from Greenland’s people and Denmark, Washington intends to control the Arctic territory one way or another. Strategic dominance, mineral wealth and military power are the driving forces at play, writes ROGER McKENZIE
