U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (4th-L) talks to Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte Vasquez (L) throughout a tour on the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal in Panama Metropolis on February 2, 2025.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (4th-L) talks to Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte Vasquez (L) throughout a tour on the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal in Panama Metropolis on February 2, 2025.
MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/POOL/AFP by way of Getty Photographs
The Panama Canal has sat on the heart of worldwide commerce for greater than a century, connecting two oceans. The issues Individuals use daily cross by means of right here, from gasoline to meals. And now, this spot can also be on the heart of President Trump’s international expansionist agenda.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has simply wrapped up a visit to Panama the place he instructed the President that if China’s affect over the canal is not curbed america will take measures to guard its rights.
Trump’s risk to take again the Panama Canal has the potential to reshuffle international politics. We’re meet the individuals and the 51-mile waterway in the course of all of it.
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This episode was produced by Karen Zamora, Alejandra Marquez Janse, Rolando Arrietta, Andrea Salcedo, and Connor Donevan..
It was edited by Courtney Dorning and Sami Yenigun, who can also be our govt producer.
