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Volume 15, Number 1
January 12, 2009

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Also in this section:
Family, friends and colleagues protest impunity for photojournalist's slaying
Some of the things that did and didn't pass in the legislative session's last days
Different observances of the Day of the Martyrs
Catholic Church denounces candidates who won't agree to PRD campaign rules
Varela, Endara move toward alliance
Crime wave takes campaign's center stage
Panama News Briefs


Some walked up Ancon Hill, getting to know the park and holding
a patriotic ceremony once they got to the top.
Photo by Eric Jackson

Several ways to observe The Day of the Martyrs (other than at the beach)


FRENADESO held a march and rally, and burned the villains
of their version of the story in effigy. Photo by FRENADESO


At the Instituto Nacional, whose students played a major role in the 1964 events,  the mayor (right) and other dignitaries gathered for a ceremony. Photo by José F. Ponce


President Torrijos oversaw a militarized ceremony at the site of the old Balboa High
School flagpole, where there is now an eternal flame. Photo by the Presidencia


Pensamiento y Accion Transformadora (Thought and Transformative Action, or PAT),
a student group, gathered where several of the 1964 Martyrs fell. Photo by José F. Ponce


Working from old photos, artists did portraits of the martyrs. Photo by
José F. Ponce


Also in this section:
Family, friends and colleagues protest impunity for photojournalist's slaying
Some of the things that did and didn't pass in the legislative session's last days
Different observances of the Day of the Martyrs
Catholic Church denounces candidates who won't agree to PRD campaign rules
Varela, Endara move toward alliance
Crime wave takes campaign's center stage
Panama News Briefs

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