Testimony of the Panamanian People Victims of the US Invasion
Thirty-two years after the deadly, destructive U.S. invasion of Panama, that began on December 20, 1989, Rights Action shares this report that was first published in 1991 by CODEHUCA (Central American Human Rights Commission) that, at the time, was based in Costa Rica.
This report was based on post-invasion investigatory trips to Panama (from Costa Rica) by Grahame Russell and other CODEHUCA colleagues. The in-country visits (January, April and July, 1990) were organized by and coordinated with the Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos de Panama (CONADEHUPA).
The U.S. government and North American media called this illegal ‘regime change’ invasion “Operation Just Cause”.
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