Passengers stand on the forward of the Brilliance of the Seas cruise ship as the vessel approaches the gates of Miraflores Locks to become the first cruiser of the season to pass through the Panama Canal in Panama City, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. | Matias Delacroix
The treaties faced resistance in the Senate, where Republican South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond, said signing the canal over “would contribute to the encirclement of the United States.”
The canal was turned over to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999. For Carter, the deal signified a new beginning of mutual respect and cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America, as he said in his speech in 1978. It also showed “the last remnant of alleged American colonialism is being removed” during a time when the world moved away from imperialism.
Panama President José Raúl Mulino in a post on X honored Carter’s relationship with the Latin American country.
“His time in the White House marked complex times, which were crucial for Panama in order to negotiate and agree” to the treaties that “achieved the transfer of the Canal to Panamanian hands and the full sovereignty of our country,” Mulino said before offering the Carter family condolences. “May his soul rest in peace.”
Mulino also responded to Trump’s threats, saying “every square meter” of the canal “belongs to Panama and will continue belonging to Panama,” in a post shared online
“We’ll see about that!” Trump wrote back.
Cargo ships wait to transit the Panama Canal in Gatun Lake in Colon, Panama, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. | Matias Delacroix
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