The World - News from July 6, 1989
About 150 members of a Panamanian paramilitary group blocked the entrance to a large U.S. Army base in Panama to protest what they called “lack of respect by the United States for Panama.” No incidents occurred during the nearly one hour that members of a so-called dignity battalion blocked the entrance to Ft. Clayton, home of Brig. Gen. Mark Cisneros, commander of the U.S. Southern Command. Panama’s Foreign Ministry accused the U.S. Army of “provocations and intimidation” through weekend military maneuvers in civilian areas near the Panama Canal. Cisneros said that he ordered the exercises and that they will continue. His forces are in charge of defending the canal.
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