Panama to Launch 'Truth Report' on 1989 US Invasion
Panama to Launch 'Truth Report' on 1989 US Invasion
Published 20 December 2015
The investigation will look into identifying victims, finding graves, and awarding reparations for relatives.
Panama will publish a “truth report” on the thousands that died during the U.S. military invasion in 1989, the country’s vice president said on Sunday to mark the 26th anniversary of the attack.
The government will form a special independent commission that will execute the parameters on the investigation of the invasion, which will be defined by the victims’ relatives together with human rights experts, Vice President Isabel De Saint Malo de Alvarado announced.
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On Dec. 20, 1989, over 27,000 U.S. soldiers invaded the Central American country, leaving thousands of victims in its wake. Many of the bodies remained unidentified after being burnt and piled up in the streets.
The military invasion, launched by then President George H.W. Bush, came 10 years after the small country had finally gained its independence over its canal. Wit the aim to maintain a government that supported U.S interests, and to maintain U.S. hegemony in the region, Washington had previously tried economic sanctions, and even a failed military coup attempt, before resorting to a full-scale invasion.
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