The member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America-People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) expressed this Tuesday their most energetic rejection of the statements by the president-elect of the United States Donald Trump, in which he threatens to take control of the Panama Canal.
The information was released by the multilateral bloc through a statement published on its Telegram channel where it categorically rejects this new threat to the Latin American and Caribbean region and supports the Republic of Panama in the defense of its sovereignty, integrity territorial and self-determination.
In the letter, the ALBA-TCP points out that 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, in of immovable law, establishes that the sea route is an inalienable part of Panamanian territory, so this claim represents an attack on the sovereignty of that country.
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ALBA-TCP rejects statements by the president-elect of the United States Donald Trump about the Panama Canal
The member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America-People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) express their strongest rejection of the statements 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 inalienable part of Panamanian territory, so this claim represents an attack on 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 the defense of its sovereignty, territorial integrity and self-determination.
200 years after Simón Bolívar called the Amphictyonic Congress of Panama, the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance reaffirm the validity of the union as the only way to confront the voracity of the empires and ratify all their solidarity with the Panamanian government against this new grievance.
Caracas, December 24, 2024
