I think Trump wants control of trade routes (specifically, the Northwest Passage). That also explains why he’s going after the Panama Canal at the same time.
“ Panama is a key partner in the implementation and enforcement of sanctions on entities and individuals designated by U.S. and UN sanctions regimes, including sanctions relating to Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Syria, and Venezuela.”
Hmm… maybe. I’m not sure if “key partner” is actually as special as it sounds, or if it’s just puffery. It could be that a bunch of countries are “key partners” and it just happened to get mentioned in Panama’s report because the writer couldn’t think of something more specific to say. It would be more persuasive if we had the whole list of “key partners” and could show that the US is targeting all of them preferentially compared to countries with less cooperative status.
I think Trump wants control of trade routes (specifically, the Northwest Passage). That also explains why he’s going after the Panama Canal at the same time.
“ Panama is a key partner in the implementation and enforcement of sanctions on entities and individuals designated by U.S. and UN sanctions regimes, including sanctions relating to Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Syria, and Venezuela.”
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2022/panama/#%3A~%3Atext=Panama+is+a+key+partner%2CRussia%2C+Syria%2C+and+Venezuela.
That was from before we decided to install a dictator and become a rogue state.
Yes, but it explains why Panama is a US target now
Hmm… maybe. I’m not sure if “key partner” is actually as special as it sounds, or if it’s just puffery. It could be that a bunch of countries are “key partners” and it just happened to get mentioned in Panama’s report because the writer couldn’t think of something more specific to say. It would be more persuasive if we had the whole list of “key partners” and could show that the US is targeting all of them preferentially compared to countries with less cooperative status.
Panama’s sanctions make world wide shipping much harder for Russians