Workers and students in Panama have taken to the streets to voice opposition to the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and in rejection of threats made by President Donald Trump to takeover the Panama Canal. teleSUR
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00:00In Panama, workers and students have taken to the streets to voice their opposition to
00:04the visit of U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio and in repudiation of threats made by President
00:11Donald Trump over a possible takeover of the Panama Canal.
00:15For four days in a row, the people of Panama have staged demonstrations in rejection of
00:20the expunctionist plan of the U.S. government and of its implications for the sovereignty
00:26of the nation.
00:27Panamanian workers have urged President José Raúl Mulino to defend Panama's sovereignty
00:32over the canal following his meeting with the U.S. top diplomat.
00:36Through these demonstrations, the labor unions in Panama are expressing their commitment
00:42to defend their country's sovereignty.
00:48We do not accept a betrayal nor any kind of deal, neither with Mulino nor with the gringos.
00:54We are going to defend the nation.
00:57The gringos, the political parties, and the assembly are corrupt, the president is corrupt,
01:03and the people will have to oust him, for selling out the country, for being corrupt.