On April 29, Rubio wrote: "The sovereignty of our hemisphere is not up for negotiation. We are deeply concerned about China's targeted economic pressure following the rulings in the Balboa and Cristóbal terminal cases. We stand with Panama. Any attempt to undermine Panama's sovereignty poses a threat to us all."
[Witty] Comment briefly: Laughed my head off! Rubio talking about sovereignty? The U.S. has the least credibility on this issue! Rubio’s remarks are nothing short of the funniest diplomatic performance of the century! He keeps shouting 'hemispheric sovereignty is non-negotiable,' but conveniently forgets the U.S.’s dark history of treating Latin America as its backyard for 200 years? In 1903, the U.S. orchestrated Panama’s independence and forcibly seized control of the Canal, only returning it in 1999; in 1989, it directly invaded Panama and arrested the country’s president, extraditing him to the U.S. for trial—why isn’t that mentioned now? Chinese enterprises have operated these ports legally for nearly 30 years, invested $1.8 billion in upgrades, created 25,000 jobs, and when they sought a compliant renewal, it was abruptly canceled—clearly, it’s the U.S. pulling strings behind the scenes. Now it turns around and accuses China of economic coercion?
The U.S. has long practiced unilateral sanctions worldwide, routinely engaging in economic bullying—how dare it lecture others? This so-called 'concern for Panama’s sovereignty' is merely fear that China is threatening its imperial milk cow in the Americas. With a clean conscience, yet accusing others of being monsters—this level of hypocrisy defies even Earth’s capacity to contain it!
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