“The Chinese presence does not move the needle of the Panamanian economy,” said Wednesday the Minister of Economy of the Central American Nation, Felipe Chapman. In an interview he shared with his exterior colleague, Javier Martínez-Facha The isthmus. Martínez-Facha, on the other hand, reiterated the message that there, in the International Economic Forum Latin America and the Caribbean: the channel is and will be from Panama.
The second day of the symposium organized by Caf-Banco de Development of Latin America and the Caribbean, in alliance with the Prisa and World In Progress (WIP) group, it was also a prelude to the expected visit the secretary of state of the superpower, Marco Blond. It is expected for this Saturday night in a city of Panama adorned with flags of the national pavilion in its main avenues. The Foreign Manager has said that at the meeting, preceded by Trump’s sound that the Canal returns to the United States for the alleged Chinese interference, will speak of “issues of common interest.” Martínez-Faca recalled that in the country there are no foreign military and that, since Panama handles the channel, they have used more than 350,000 ships of all nations.
The Foreign Minister emphasized that one of the main themes of the agenda will be migration, central matter in the successful Trump presidential campaign and that has among its biggest roads the one that crosses Panama from south to north, of the jungle border with Colombia of the Darien Towards Costa Rica. He also stressed that the volume of people has been reduced in the current administration, after the.
“In January, the flow was 90% below the same month last year. In 2024, 40%was reduced, product of a decision that the Mulino President implemented the first day, by signing a memorandum of understanding with the United States to create, with respect for human rights, which has served as a deterrence, ”he said. He clarified, however, that this can only be the beginning, and that with more cooperation and financing in the United States the results could be greater. “The southern border of the United States is not in Texas,” he argued.
Chapman, meanwhile, said the criminal tentacles that turn migration into an illegal source of income: “It is a human tragedy and a global phenomenon, which includes large posters such as the Aragua train and the Gulf clan, which profit his”. On that second group, Martínez-Facha revealed that, minutes before the interview, he had had his first bilateral meeting with whom he also attended the forum that several of its participants have called “the Davos of Latin America.” The Central American Foreign Manager said that he asked Sarabia for a greater collaboration at the border.
The two Mulino ministers agreed that the most important relations for their country are those of the United States, a traditional international sponsor of Panama, and Colombia, which in their order – a great distance from each other – are also the two main origins of the investment Foreign The argument was going to a key point for Rubio’s visit: the least relevance of the link with China, the one that worries Trump.
In the talk the situation in Venezuela also emerged. Chapman said the migratory problem is not recent, and that one of its main causes is the social, economic and political Crsis of the South American country. MARTÍNEZ-FACHA The Panamanian Government on the elections on July 28: “For Panama, the president of Venezuela is Edmundo González. Mr. Maduro has an illegitimate government after monumental fraud. ” He added that the change in that country must be leaded by the Venezuelan population, but recalled a promise of the administration to which it belongs: “The Mulino President has to take the minutes that certify the triumph of Edmundo, which are protected in Panama, to Caracas ”
