Rubio lands in Panama after Trump threat to ‘take back’ canal

特朗普威胁“取回”运河后,卢比奥在巴拿马降落

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2025-02-02

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The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is in Panama to meet its president and tour the canal. Mr Rubio's meeting with President Jose Raul Mulino has taken on urgency following President Trump’s stated determination to take back the canal, with military force if necessary. Also on the programme: We look at how the US freeze on foreign aid has impacted HIV treatment in South Africa; and the storytellers of Marrakesh - spinning a yarn for a new record. (Photo: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is received by Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha. Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS)
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  • The West Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Panama on his first overseas trip as America's top diplomat.

  • And he'll certainly they need all his diplomatic skills to explain why President Trump has threatened to seize control

  • with force,

  • if necessary, of the Panama Canal,

  • the internationally used waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic to the Pacific.

  • Mr.

  • Trump made the threat in his inauguration speech last month.