ALBA-TCP rejects Donald Trump's statements regarding the Panama Canal

Published at: 24/12/2024 08:00 PM

In a statement, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples' Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) rejected threats from the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, to take control of the Panama Canal.

Below is the full text of the statement:

The member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples' Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) express their strongest rejection of the statements made by the president-elect of the United States Donald Trump, in which he threatens to take control of the Panama Canal.

The Panama Canal is an important commercial passage protected by international law, the Torrijos-Carter Treaty and the Treaty Relating to the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal, which, as an immovable law, establishes that the maritime route is an inalienable part of Panamanian territory, so this claim represents an aggression against the sovereignty of that country.

The Bolivarian Alliance categorically rejects this new threat to the Latin American and Caribbean region and supports the Republic of Panama in defending its sovereignty, territorial integrity and self-determination.

200 years after Simon Bolivar convened the Panamanian Amphictyonic Congress, the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance reaffirm the validity of the union as the only way to face the voracity of empires and ratify all their solidarity with the Panamanian government against this new grievance.

Caracas, December 24, 2024

Mazo News Team