Secretary of State Marco Rubio's inaugural foreign trip includes stops in Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama, amid rising tensions over U.S. interventionist threats regarding the Panama Canal and its relationship with China. Panama's government faces growing pressure as its cooperation with U.S. immigration policies intensifies, largely as a response to President Trump's threats of military action. El Salvador's President Bukele proposes a controversial agreement to accept deported criminals, showcasing the complexities and implications of U.S.-Latin American relations in this fraught political climate.
It is a deeply unpopular proposition in Panama, seen as a "reversion to the mid-20th century imperial encroachment that Panama so intentionally confronted over the course of the Canal transition."
Panama has announced it will more closely cooperate with Trump's policing of migration from Central America to the United States as a diplomatic concession to his threats.
Bukele said the fee would be, quote, "low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable."
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