Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "Mexico expresses support for Panama following threats from Trump | DW News" video.

  1. Mexico is working on the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT). This project aims to create a railway corridor that connects the Pacific coast port of Salina Cruz in Oaxaca to the Gulf coast port of Coatzacoalcos in Veracruz. The goal is to provide an alternative to the Panama Canal, offering a more efficient path for shipping goods between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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  2. False, the Neutrality Act gives the US the right to act in defense of that neutrality.
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  3. no, no I do not. Trump is not asking to take over Panama, just enforce a Treaty which allows the US to defend the neutrality of the canal.
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  4. Trump is neither ignorant nor crazy. This message was not to Panama, but to China China has been increasing its presence and influence around the Panama Canal through various infrastructure projects and investments. Here are some key points: - *Port Management**: Chinese companies manage ports at both ends of the canal, including the **Port of Balboa* on the Pacific side and the *Port of Manzanillo* on the Atlantic side. - *Infrastructure Projects**: China has funded several projects in the region, such as the construction of a **$1.4 billion bridge* spanning the canal and the *Amador Convention Center* on the Pacific side. - **Economic Influence**: Chinese investments and loans have helped finance these projects, which has raised concerns among some U.S. policymakers about China's growing influence in the region. While China does not control the canal itself, its involvement in surrounding infrastructure and economic activities has increased its strategic presence in the area.
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  5. The US has the right to defend the canal, the Treaty says so Neutrality Treaty Permanent Neutrality: The canal would remain neutral and open to ships of all nations. U.S. Defense Rights: The U.S. retained the right to defend the canal against any threat to its neutrality
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  6. China is projecting power near the canal. The US has a treaty to protect the canal's neutrality. Not "peculiar" at all. Neutrality Treaty Permanent Neutrality: The canal would remain neutral and open to ships of all nations. U.S. Defense Rights: The U.S. retained the right to defend the canal against any threat to its neutrality
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  7. China is gaining influence in the area around the canal. We have an agreement the canal remains neutral, and the agreement allows us the right to enforce that neutrality.
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  8. Neutrality Treaty with Panama Permanent Neutrality: The canal would remain neutral and open to ships of all nations. U.S. Defense Rights: The U.S. retained the right to defend the canal against any threat to its neutrality
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  9.  @changedNameSorry  Both Trump and Musk get the joke, they're not playing.
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  10.  @mattr272  "Change"? That's the old Soviet / Marx / Lenin playbook, Soviets even removed images from photographs Stalin's enemies appeared in. I didn't "change" the Monroe Doctrine or the text of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties with Panama, which abrogated The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty signed in 1903 establishing the Panama Canal Zone granting the United States a 10-mile wide strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama for the canal, in perpetuity. Jimmy Carter gave it up like the worst president he was. The post-Modern story telling "Critical Theory" is the method of taking a chunk of facts and carving it into a self-serving fantasy. Rashomoning the truth is a leftish fetish. The intrusion of China into the Western Hemisphere is a real threat to nation/state sovereignty. China does not believe in nation/states, so does not believe in sovereignty, something first drafted at Westphalia in the mid-17th Century. Now, that's pure history.
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  11.  @PenelopePitstop0078  Co-Pilot, not Google.
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  12. China is gaining influence in the area around the canal. We have an agreement the canal remains neutral, and the agreement allows us the right to enforce that neutrality.
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  13. The Torrijos-Carter Treaties of 1977 included two key agreements: the Panama Canal Treaty and the Neutrality Treaty. Here are the main terms: Panama Canal Treaty Transfer of Control: Panama would gain full control of the Panama Canal by December 31, 1999. Operation and Maintenance: Until 1999, the United States retained the right to operate and maintain the canal. Defense Rights: The U.S. retained the right to defend the canal from any threat to its neutrality. Neutrality Treaty Permanent Neutrality: The canal would remain neutral and open to ships of all nations. U.S. Defense Rights: The U.S. retained the right to defend the canal against any threat to its neutrality
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  14. Trump[ said nothing about the sovereignty of Panama which agreed by Treaty to neutrality, which allows the US to defend that neutrality.
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  15. @eternalstudios4502 Trump has done nothing, either.
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  16.  @brazendesigns  just like his detractors
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  17.  @eqschuster  Trump says things that sound crazy and when you look into it, not so crazy. Both Mexico and China working to diminish the canal which just expanded its capacity with the Neopanamax Locks. Trump's message was not to Panama, but to China and Mexico China has been increasing its presence and influence around the Panama Canal through various infrastructure projects and investments. Here are some key points: - *Port Management**: Chinese companies manage ports at both ends of the canal, including the **Port of Balboa* on the Pacific side and the *Port of Manzanillo* on the Atlantic side. - *Infrastructure Projects**: China has funded several projects in the region, such as the construction of a **$1.4 billion bridge* spanning the canal and the *Amador Convention Center* on the Pacific side. - **Economic Influence**: Chinese investments and loans have helped finance these projects, which has raised concerns among some U.S. policymakers about China's growing influence in the region. While China does not control the canal itself, its involvement in surrounding infrastructure and economic activities has increased its strategic presence in the area. Both Japan and the Word Bank made large investments into the expansion of the Panama locks. China is pushing on our Monroe Doctrine hard.
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  18.  @Rashaida1980  On average, there are about 1,300 to 1,400 earthquakes with a magnitude of 5 or higher each year worldwide
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  19.  @abrakkehakka1357  The Treaty is based on the Monroe Doctrine and does favor the US and the Western Hemisphere. Jimmy Carter would never have gotten the treaty based Congress otherwise. Monroe Doctrine, articulated by President James Monroe in 1823. It declared that any intervention from outside the hemisphere would be seen as a hostile act against the United States. This doctrine became a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy, influencing American actions and policies in the Western Hemisphere for over a century. The Torrijos-Carter Treaties and the Monroe Doctrine both reflect the U.S.'s strategic interests in the Western Hemisphere.
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  20. Hardly, he comment speaks directly to XI of China. China gets it if you don't.
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  21. Let them try. The US has military superiority across the Western Hemisphere.
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  22. China built a significant port in Chancay, Peru. The Chancay Port is a $1.3 billion investment by China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited and is part of China's broader Belt and Road Initiative. The port is designed to enhance trade between South America and Asia, reducing shipping time and costs. The port officially opened in November 2024
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  23. The new President of Mexico, my cousin Claudia from Lithuania, is a Communist working with China. Trump is not Crazy.
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  24.  @randomaccount53793  The US has a treaty with Panama. We created the country, we invaded it to maintain that treaty, and will do it again. The Monroe Doctrine. China beware.
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  25. "imperialism/colonialism" HaHa, the old Soviet era trope of "settler-colonialism" still being taught to Sophomores at American Universities. That's going to end, too.
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  26.  @Larsino2000  The canal is part of a mutual treaty. history of treaties are often contentious. There is not threat other than the enforcement of a mutually agreed to treaty.
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  27. Trump is CORRECT, the Treaty granted the US defensive RIGHTS to the canal's neutrality. China is attempting to gain control, we have the right to defend. The ignorance is yours. The Torrijos-Carter Treaties of 1977 included two key agreements: the Panama Canal Treaty and the Neutrality Treaty. Here are the main terms: Panama Canal Treaty Transfer of Control: Panama would gain full control of the Panama Canal by December 31, 1999. Operation and Maintenance: Until 1999, the United States retained the right to operate and maintain the canal. Defense Rights: The U.S. retained the right to defend the canal from any threat to its neutrality. Neutrality Treaty Permanent Neutrality: The canal would remain neutral and open to ships of all nations. U.S. Defense Rights: The U.S. retained the right to defend the canal against any threat to its neutrality
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  28.  @nobody-y7i1r  no, not like that at all. what country are you commenting from?
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  29.  @Sunshine_Always25  the original comment is false. The US retained defense control in the treaty Carter put across. The US has the RIGHT to defend the canal from China, which is what Trump is talking about.
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