The new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first foreign trip this week is to Panama, a country that — like Canada and Greenland — has found itself in the crosshairs of U.S. President Donald Trump. His visit follows on the heeds of Trump threatening to take over the Panama Canal. As Eric Sorensen explains, the U.S. has a long and complicated connection to this vital trade route.
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