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Topics => World/Foreign Affairs => Topic started by: Libertas on January 23, 2025, 09:01:50 AM
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Seems others are sticking their noses into our business and our hemisphere...
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russian-official-warns-trump-against-taking-control-panama-canal (https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russian-official-warns-trump-against-taking-control-panama-canal)
Alexander Shchetinin...and anybody else butting into our business...can go f**k themselves! ::vafancoul::
WE, not some Russian ponce, not some Beijing Politburo lapdog...WE have security rights there!
There were two treaties in 1997, the canal treaty and the neutrality treaty.
The Neutrality Treaty clearly states that the US can use its military to defend the Panama Canal against any threat to its neutrality!
2016: The expansion of the Canal and its operations, allowing for larger vessels to transmit the lock system, were completed. The first container ship to pass through expanded Canal was Chinese-owned: the COCSO PANAMA. The ship entered the locks on June 26, marking the official opening of the expanded canal.
That same year, China acquired the management contract of Margarita Island of the Colon Free Trade Zone on the Atlantic side of the Canal. This deal established the Panama-Colón Container Port (PCCP) as a deep-water port for megaships.
2017: The Panamanian government severed ties diplomatic ties with Taiwan and fully recognized China. This opened-up Panama’s eventual entry into China’s “Belt Road Initiative” in 2018, when it became the first Latin American country to sign. In 2021, under the failing Panamanian administration of Laurentino Cortizo--and despite significant domestic and international opposition--the contract with China’s Hutchinson Ports was renewed for another 25 years.
https://www.industryweek.com/the-economy/competitiveness/article/55261229/china-saw-opportunity-in-the-panama-canal-as-us-interest-dwindled (https://www.industryweek.com/the-economy/competitiveness/article/55261229/china-saw-opportunity-in-the-panama-canal-as-us-interest-dwindled)
In what diseased mind does neutrality exist when the Panamanian's throw the Taiwanese under the bus in full capitulation to Beijing dogma and turn both ends of canal operations over to the fracking Chi-Com's?
Only answer - it doesn't.
Time to issue Panama an ultimatum...kick the Chi-Com's out...or we immediately exercise our right to restore neutrality.
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I recall the CCP has facilities t each each which means dual civilian-military use for Chin.
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Rubio, the canal and illegal migration...oh my!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/report-new-secretary-state-marco-rubio-headed-panama/ (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/report-new-secretary-state-marco-rubio-headed-panama/)
https://youtu.be/fuKDBPw8wQA (https://youtu.be/fuKDBPw8wQA)
Good song. ;D ::bustamove::
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Panama Vows to Terminate Key Canal Agreement With China, Strengthen Ties With U.S. After Rubio Visit
https://thelibertydaily.com/panama-vows-terminate-key-canal-agreement-china-strengthen/
::thumbsup::
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Sale in play, just needs Panama government approval.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/blackrocks-purchase-hong-kong-owned-panama-ports-marks-victory-trumps-america-first (https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/blackrocks-purchase-hong-kong-owned-panama-ports-marks-victory-trumps-america-first)
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Chi-Com's reveal their true nature...
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ck-hutchison-shares-fall-mounting-ccp-pressure-delays-panama-port-deal-blackrock (https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ck-hutchison-shares-fall-mounting-ccp-pressure-delays-panama-port-deal-blackrock)
...that the communist party controls all is beyond obvious.
Well, Panama best step up and act decisively...or President Trump will.
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Allright...been expecting this...the ChiCom's have stepped in to stop the transfer deal...
"Chinese antitrust regulators are investigating"
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/ghost-jimmy-carter-comes-back-haunt-america-china/ (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/ghost-jimmy-carter-comes-back-haunt-america-china/)
Given our clear security interests...all we need to do is obtain Panama's public statement recognizing our legitimate treaty security concerns, concerns now clearly visible thanks the CCP state actions...where we can move in and secure the ports physically.
This isn't a battle the Chi-Com's are going to win.
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Chinese citizens have a duty to aid the CCP. Every organization over a small size has to have CCP member. Above a large size they had to have a direct phone line to CCP HQ years ago.
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Well hopefully what they hear from the Panamainian ports is blood-curdling screams... ::beertoast::
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Chinese citizens have a duty to aid the CCP. Every organization over a small size has to have CCP member. Above a large size they had to have a direct phone line to CCP HQ years ago.
One problem with that canard: CK Hutchinson, which has run the ports since 2015, is Hong Kong based, and has been long before the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong. Founded as Cheung Kong Holdings in 950; 75 years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CK_Hutchison_Holdings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CK_Hutchison_Holdings)
When it comes to dealing with China on all things Hong Kong, Trump is best served listening to this Hong Kong resident:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fwgVUfW_O4&ab_channel=finscreenname (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fwgVUfW_O4&ab_channel=finscreenname)
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Ha! Looks like the Panamanian's found an exposure to exploit to put additional pressure on CK Hutcinson and the CCP!
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ck-hutchison-panama-port-deal-blackrock-faces-even-more-legal-hurdles (https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ck-hutchison-panama-port-deal-blackrock-faces-even-more-legal-hurdles)
Maybe the BlackRock led group won't have to pay a thing to take over the ports!