(UPDATE) PANAMA CITY — United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday threatened action against Panama without immediate changes to reduce Chinese influence on the canal, but the country's leader insisted he was not afraid of a US invasion and offered talks.
PANAMA CITY — United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday threatened action against Panama without immediate changes to reduce Chinese influence on the canal, but the country's leader insisted he was not afraid of a US invasion and offered talks.
'But they violated the agreement and we're going to take it back, or something very powerful is going to happen.'He later added that he did not think US troops would be 'necessary' in Panama.Panama offers cooperationMulino painted a rosier portrait of his meeting with Rubio, whom he welcomed at his official residence in the tropical capital's old quarter.
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