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FOUND: Rubio warns panama of consequences over canal - You Need To See This

Scattered protests broke out in Panama against Donald Trump's rhetoric seeking to reclaim the Panama Canal (Credit: AFP)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday threatened action against Panama without immediate changes to reduce Chinese influence on the canal, but the country's leader insisted he was not afraid of a US invasion and offered talks.

Rubio, paying his first visit overseas as the top US diplomat, told Panama that President Donald Trump had determined that the country had violated terms of the treaty that handed back the crucial waterway in 1999.

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