President Jose Raul Mulino refused to grant free transit through the Panama Canal to U.S. warships, a demand that, if accepted, would violate the constitution and the neutrality treaty. Our colleague Rekha Chandiramani tells us more. teleSUR
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00:00We're going now to Panama. President José Raúl Molino refused to grant free air transect through the Panama Canal to U.S. warships, a demand that, if accepted, would violate the Constitution and the Neutrality Treaty. Our colleague Reca Chandiramani tells us more.
00:15Faced with a demand that had been on the table for nine months, President Molino used the law as his only weapon. The refusal to grant free transit to United States ships was not based on a question of political opportunity or sovereignty. But on a cold legal analysis, the proposal violates the legal framework that Panama is obligated to comply with.
00:40I have been very clear with the United States that I cannot take any position that violates the Constitution and violates the Neutrality Treaty. No matter how you look at this issue, it violates the treaty. So I cannot do it. I cannot do it.
01:01Although President Trump's inflammatory rhetoric has subsided, the pressure on Panama has not disappeared, it has transformed.
01:07Experts point out that this is a calculated strategy.
01:16Trump's style is one that creates chaos, but it is a chaos that is perhaps deliberate because confusion in geopolitics plays into the hands of those in power.
01:25And in terms of power, the strongest power is the one that will undoubtedly benefit from the disorder in this geopolitical transition.
01:31The disorder is totally calculated, and is being generated by a personality whose business experience is that of transferring to the geopolitical level, without a doubt, is part of a resource that has played in favor of the hegemon, and generates uncertainty at the international level.
01:47A disorder that finds its concrete expression in a document that many consider the greatest threat to Panamanian sovereignty in years.
01:57This is the controversial memorandum of understanding signed by both countries that brought United States soldiers back to the country,
02:04and who have now been stationed for months at three Panamanian bases, working in supposed cooperation with agents of the local security forces.
02:12Any other agreement made in the shadows of what should be the patriotic vocation of Panamanians is a legal aberration,
02:29and is already being challenged before the Supreme Court of Justice,
02:32because no memorandum can override the principles contained in international treaties, such as the Treaty of Neutrality.
02:37Faced with what is considered a legal aberration, the battle is being fought in the courts.
02:53But the question that arises from civil society is inevitable beyond lawsuits, what can citizens do to defend what is theirs?
03:00A call that not only appeals to action, but also to the conscience of those in power.
03:05What are we doing in our country?
03:13What steps do we need to take at this time to defend our sovereignty?
03:16To reiterate the need to respect the neutrality treaty because one of the parties to that treaty,
03:21the United States, is violating neutrality.
03:23In the end, the dilemma facing Panama goes beyond a memorandum or a tall.
03:34It is a test of national vocation.
03:37A reminder that sovereignty is not an abstract concept,
03:40but a daily decision made in the Palace of Las Garzas, in the courts and in the streets.
03:44The outcome of this geopolitical struggle, which pits Panamanian legality against Washington's interests,
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