The World - News from Aug. 27, 1987
About 2,000 journalists and supporters marched through Panama City demanding that newspapers and radio stations shut by the government in response to recent protests be reopened. The government closed three newspapers and three radio stations in July as the movement calling for the ouster of the military strongman, Gen. Manuel A. Noriega, gained momentum. On the streets outside Panama University, riot police patrolled for the third consecutive day, firing shotguns and tear gas at jeering students.
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