Ariel Cajar
@arielcajar.bsky.social
28. Panama.
Tesista de arquitectura. Amante de las artes y la creatividad. Aficionado al urbanismo, temas sociales y lingüística.
Tesista de arquitectura. Amante de las artes y la creatividad. Aficionado al urbanismo, temas sociales y lingüística.
I was told long ago before I left Bluesky for a good while —it was probably here as well— that Mulino "didn't sound quite pro-Trump" because "he was defending Panama from Trump".
Here he is yesterday claiming Trump finds Panama "cooperative" and discussing likely non-nuanced support for Israel too.
Here he is yesterday claiming Trump finds Panama "cooperative" and discussing likely non-nuanced support for Israel too.
![English: "I was surprised, sure, because I had never dealt with him before and [Trump] does distinguish Panama as a cooperative country. Now, president Trump's agenda is complicated right now and Panama is thankfully not part of it right now, thanks be to God, and debate will take place at the United Nations, where important voting on various sensitive topics will take place, which I'm analyzing alongside Ambassador Alfaro and the Foreign Minister... I'm analyzing given these elections will take place on late October, regarding the Cuban embargo, alongside other matters related to supporting Israel"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u5lg3jo3iy52ynjtti2ao5y3/bafkreiaqfqzsgukmjzjnabcn66o3ny5a5dygps2im5r6ojsqhqe4ff4nna@jpeg)
October 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I was told long ago before I left Bluesky for a good while —it was probably here as well— that Mulino "didn't sound quite pro-Trump" because "he was defending Panama from Trump".
Here he is yesterday claiming Trump finds Panama "cooperative" and discussing likely non-nuanced support for Israel too.
Here he is yesterday claiming Trump finds Panama "cooperative" and discussing likely non-nuanced support for Israel too.
What I'm not liking about people in the US feeling "worried" (sorry for my skepticism) about Panama after the attack against Iran is that Panama is very much not doing ok right now so we probably could use some support *now*; not after some hypothetical missile hit.
June 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What I'm not liking about people in the US feeling "worried" (sorry for my skepticism) about Panama after the attack against Iran is that Panama is very much not doing ok right now so we probably could use some support *now*; not after some hypothetical missile hit.
So my prez (AKA the dude who caved in with Trump, let him bring troops to Panama & will prolly grant him first and free transit through the Canal) cut off internet & phone service in a whole province (Bocas, if you have ever heard about it from expats) & also got Starllink to kick us out nationwide.
June 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
So my prez (AKA the dude who caved in with Trump, let him bring troops to Panama & will prolly grant him first and free transit through the Canal) cut off internet & phone service in a whole province (Bocas, if you have ever heard about it from expats) & also got Starllink to kick us out nationwide.
The US officially betrayed Ukraine.
Marco Rubio's latest announcement confirms it.
The US dollar is the death of nations. And NATO should reestructure itself from scratch, if it even continues to exist. There's not "Atlantic" to talk about. Europe is on its own.
Marco Rubio's latest announcement confirms it.
The US dollar is the death of nations. And NATO should reestructure itself from scratch, if it even continues to exist. There's not "Atlantic" to talk about. Europe is on its own.
April 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The US officially betrayed Ukraine.
Marco Rubio's latest announcement confirms it.
The US dollar is the death of nations. And NATO should reestructure itself from scratch, if it even continues to exist. There's not "Atlantic" to talk about. Europe is on its own.
Marco Rubio's latest announcement confirms it.
The US dollar is the death of nations. And NATO should reestructure itself from scratch, if it even continues to exist. There's not "Atlantic" to talk about. Europe is on its own.
Panama's very right-leaning. I don't even know why progressive Americans, Canadians & Euros move here. Rampant queerphobia, religious zeal in public policy, anti-union sentiment among working class... But I guess having public transportation & subsidized public college earned us the label of commies
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that there’s so much communism in the air at the Panama Canal you can “feel it.”
Pete Hegseth Says He Could ‘Feel’ The Communism During Panama Canal Trip
The U.S. Defence Secretary warned China has “too much influence” over the vital waterway and that the Trump administration “is gonna take it back.”
www.thedailybeast.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Panama's very right-leaning. I don't even know why progressive Americans, Canadians & Euros move here. Rampant queerphobia, religious zeal in public policy, anti-union sentiment among working class... But I guess having public transportation & subsidized public college earned us the label of commies
Wow, the Peter Navarro/Ron Vara thing is incredibly stupid. No way we have been soft invaded in Panama by a bunch of inept clowns running a world power to the ground.
April 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Wow, the Peter Navarro/Ron Vara thing is incredibly stupid. No way we have been soft invaded in Panama by a bunch of inept clowns running a world power to the ground.
The MAGA-servile Panamanian government and the US released a "joint statement" celebrating increased American military presence in Panama moving forward.
The problem?
Whereas Panama's official statement in Spanish reinforces Panama's sovereignty over the Panama Canal, the American text doesn't.
The problem?
Whereas Panama's official statement in Spanish reinforces Panama's sovereignty over the Panama Canal, the American text doesn't.
April 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The MAGA-servile Panamanian government and the US released a "joint statement" celebrating increased American military presence in Panama moving forward.
The problem?
Whereas Panama's official statement in Spanish reinforces Panama's sovereignty over the Panama Canal, the American text doesn't.
The problem?
Whereas Panama's official statement in Spanish reinforces Panama's sovereignty over the Panama Canal, the American text doesn't.
Canadians and Greenlanders should forever feel proud of having actual countries and not submitting to the United States. Today, President Mulino & all of the Panamanian government BOWED DOWN to Pete Hegseth, his demands to militarize the Canal and Trump's final goal of annexing the former Canal Zone
April 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Canadians and Greenlanders should forever feel proud of having actual countries and not submitting to the United States. Today, President Mulino & all of the Panamanian government BOWED DOWN to Pete Hegseth, his demands to militarize the Canal and Trump's final goal of annexing the former Canal Zone
What sucks about being powerlessly living in Panama right now:
World: "We need to diversify our trade. We can't trust the US anymore"
My president: "No, the Belt & Road is a fantasy. I am the president and I decided to get us out of it. No, I haven't spoken with Europe either"
World: "We need to diversify our trade. We can't trust the US anymore"
My president: "No, the Belt & Road is a fantasy. I am the president and I decided to get us out of it. No, I haven't spoken with Europe either"
April 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
What sucks about being powerlessly living in Panama right now:
World: "We need to diversify our trade. We can't trust the US anymore"
My president: "No, the Belt & Road is a fantasy. I am the president and I decided to get us out of it. No, I haven't spoken with Europe either"
World: "We need to diversify our trade. We can't trust the US anymore"
My president: "No, the Belt & Road is a fantasy. I am the president and I decided to get us out of it. No, I haven't spoken with Europe either"
Yet more reasons to not trust President Mulino actually defending Panama and its Canal from Trump's claims
President Mulino held a meeting this week with U.S. representatives, citing the event to the media as "bipartisan". It isn't really that simple.
www.prensa.com/politica/mul...
President Mulino held a meeting this week with U.S. representatives, citing the event to the media as "bipartisan". It isn't really that simple.
www.prensa.com/politica/mul...
March 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Yet more reasons to not trust President Mulino actually defending Panama and its Canal from Trump's claims
President Mulino held a meeting this week with U.S. representatives, citing the event to the media as "bipartisan". It isn't really that simple.
www.prensa.com/politica/mul...
President Mulino held a meeting this week with U.S. representatives, citing the event to the media as "bipartisan". It isn't really that simple.
www.prensa.com/politica/mul...
Canada is and will remain a sovereign state and it is up to Canadians themselves only to stay or leave the Commonwealth and to ever consider joining the United States.
And given reactions over there, I'm sure joining the US voluntarily is quite off the table.
And given reactions over there, I'm sure joining the US voluntarily is quite off the table.
INGRAHAM: You're tougher with Canada than you are with our biggest adversaries. Why?
TRUMP: Only because it's meant to be our 51st state. One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada.
TRUMP: Only because it's meant to be our 51st state. One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada.
March 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Canada is and will remain a sovereign state and it is up to Canadians themselves only to stay or leave the Commonwealth and to ever consider joining the United States.
And given reactions over there, I'm sure joining the US voluntarily is quite off the table.
And given reactions over there, I'm sure joining the US voluntarily is quite off the table.
So he isn't just annexing Cristóbal and Ancón from Panama, but also preparing himself to bring back the Gold Roll/Silver Roll policy, too!
*Yes*, the Canal was built on racial segregation! Little detail rarely mentioned on all those discussions these days.
*Yes*, the Canal was built on racial segregation! Little detail rarely mentioned on all those discussions these days.
The Trump administration has just removed a federal ban on contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms, and drinking fountains.
This is a result of Trump’s executive order to combat DEI.
This is a result of Trump’s executive order to combat DEI.
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
www.npr.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
So he isn't just annexing Cristóbal and Ancón from Panama, but also preparing himself to bring back the Gold Roll/Silver Roll policy, too!
*Yes*, the Canal was built on racial segregation! Little detail rarely mentioned on all those discussions these days.
*Yes*, the Canal was built on racial segregation! Little detail rarely mentioned on all those discussions these days.
Reposted by Ariel Cajar
In order to garner enough support to ratify the U.S. constitution, translations of it had to be printed in Dutch for New Yorkers and in German for Pennsylvanians, because those states had such large populations of non–English-speaking peoples.
March 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In order to garner enough support to ratify the U.S. constitution, translations of it had to be printed in Dutch for New Yorkers and in German for Pennsylvanians, because those states had such large populations of non–English-speaking peoples.
Miss me with the "Reagan over Trump" thing. Reagan intended for the Canal Zone US enclave to remain in place forever. Trump would be reivindicating him if the restores it back into existance. What we🇵🇦 negotiated with Carter, hard to say other presidents would have willed to; especially Republicans.
March 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Miss me with the "Reagan over Trump" thing. Reagan intended for the Canal Zone US enclave to remain in place forever. Trump would be reivindicating him if the restores it back into existance. What we🇵🇦 negotiated with Carter, hard to say other presidents would have willed to; especially Republicans.
Panama is cheap when you're not Panamanian. The new pension reform is written as if we earned the way expats earned throughout their lives *at least*, which of course is limited money in, say, the US, but here it goes a long way.
March 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Panama is cheap when you're not Panamanian. The new pension reform is written as if we earned the way expats earned throughout their lives *at least*, which of course is limited money in, say, the US, but here it goes a long way.
There's a faction of Zonians and US expats in Panama —most likely, many Republicans, but I wouldn't discard the possibility of some Democrats— who not only support the restoration of US bases in Panama or even restoring the Zone forcibly (i.e. conquest now; not a land lease). Why, though? Rationally
March 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There's a faction of Zonians and US expats in Panama —most likely, many Republicans, but I wouldn't discard the possibility of some Democrats— who not only support the restoration of US bases in Panama or even restoring the Zone forcibly (i.e. conquest now; not a land lease). Why, though? Rationally
Reposted by Ariel Cajar
"options for increasing troop presence" is an interesting euphemism for "invading Panama"
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump White House has directed the U.S. military to draw up options for increasing the American troop presence in Panama to achieve President Trump’s goal of “reclaiming” the Panama Canal, officials say.
Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say
Potential plans range from partnering more closely with the Panamanian military to a less likely option of U.S. troops seizing the canal by force, U.S. officials told NBC News
nbcnews.to
March 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"options for increasing troop presence" is an interesting euphemism for "invading Panama"
So Americans... How is the "Panama Canal is just a distraction" theory/discourse going? Because this surely looks as US militarization of Panamanian civilian zones. And it doesn't look like the Panamanian government is against either.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say
Potential plans range from partnering more closely with the Panamanian military to a less likely option of U.S. troops seizing the canal by force, U.S. officials told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So Americans... How is the "Panama Canal is just a distraction" theory/discourse going? Because this surely looks as US militarization of Panamanian civilian zones. And it doesn't look like the Panamanian government is against either.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Dijeron "abajo el fascismo" y Twitter se cayó
March 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Dijeron "abajo el fascismo" y Twitter se cayó
Honestly, I don't take anything against Panama's treatment of migrants personally. I don't support my government's actions, so I don't get behind these either. Our President still believes the US is some "key ally" that is just "a bit confused" and not an hostile power willing to invade and kill.
March 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Honestly, I don't take anything against Panama's treatment of migrants personally. I don't support my government's actions, so I don't get behind these either. Our President still believes the US is some "key ally" that is just "a bit confused" and not an hostile power willing to invade and kill.
"The Panama Canal" is not a person, but we Panamanians are.
"The Canal Zone" doesn't exist since 1999, but the people of Ancón, Cristóbal and Veracruz do.
The US won't "take the Panama Canal". It will annex parts of Panama —without Panamanians.
#Panama #Canada #Greenland #Mexico #Gaza #Ukraine
"The Canal Zone" doesn't exist since 1999, but the people of Ancón, Cristóbal and Veracruz do.
The US won't "take the Panama Canal". It will annex parts of Panama —without Panamanians.
#Panama #Canada #Greenland #Mexico #Gaza #Ukraine
March 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Reposted by Ariel Cajar
#UPDATE Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Wednesday accused his US counterpart Donald Trump of once again "lying" about Washington taking back the Panama Canal ➡️ u.afp.com/S38L
March 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
#UPDATE Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Wednesday accused his US counterpart Donald Trump of once again "lying" about Washington taking back the Panama Canal ➡️ u.afp.com/S38L
Reposted by Ariel Cajar
I hope this paper helps the discussion surrounding the Panama Canal and its development model. And I also hope it helps to illustrate the neocolonial condition Panama has been subject to during the past century.
Thanks to the team at @phenomenalworld.bsky.social for trusting us with this article.
Thanks to the team at @phenomenalworld.bsky.social for trusting us with this article.
“Today, as Panama faces yet another challenge to its sovereignty, the gaps in its developmental model—vulnerable to trade and geopolitical dispute—are impossible to ignore.”
@celopezm.bsky.social & Danilo Rivera on “transitismo” in Panama
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/can...
@celopezm.bsky.social & Danilo Rivera on “transitismo” in Panama
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/can...
The Canal Zone | Camilo López and Danilo Rivera
Panama’s transit-oriented development model remains subjugated to imperial interests
www.phenomenalworld.org
March 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I hope this paper helps the discussion surrounding the Panama Canal and its development model. And I also hope it helps to illustrate the neocolonial condition Panama has been subject to during the past century.
Thanks to the team at @phenomenalworld.bsky.social for trusting us with this article.
Thanks to the team at @phenomenalworld.bsky.social for trusting us with this article.
So last weekend we had the "Canal Summer", a yearly music mini-festival at the Panama Canal Administration Building and this is what one of the festival nights looked like:
February 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So last weekend we had the "Canal Summer", a yearly music mini-festival at the Panama Canal Administration Building and this is what one of the festival nights looked like: