Panama Leader Accuses US of ‘Lies’ in Dispute Over Canal
- Mulino denies giving US government ships free passage
- Constitution prohibits canal toll exemptions, president says
A passenger ship and a tanker ship navigate through the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal.
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President Jose Raul Mulino denied that his government had granted free passage for American government ships through the Panama Canal in response to Donald Trump’s threats to reclaim the waterway, accusing the US of “lies and falsehoods.”