For over&nbsp;three years the U.S.&nbsp;goverrtment&nbsp;and mass&nbsp;media&nbsp;carried out a largely successful&nbsp;propaganda&nbsp;campaign&nbsp;that&nbsp;paved&nbsp;the&nbsp;way&nbsp;for&nbsp;the invasion&nbsp;and&nbsp;occupation&nbsp;of&nbsp;Panama—dubbed&nbsp;"Operation&nbsp;Just&nbsp;Cause"&nbsp;by&nbsp;the Pentagon. This&nbsp;book&nbsp;counters the&nbsp;media&nbsp;bUtz that&nbsp;portrayed&nbsp;the invasion as a restoration of&nbsp;democracy&nbsp;and&nbsp;a&nbsp;war&nbsp;against drugs.&nbsp;It&nbsp;details&nbsp;the horrors of the invasion as experienced&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;civilian&nbsp;population and&nbsp;documents&nbsp;the "operation's" criminal&nbsp;character,&nbsp;thus&nbsp;providing&nbsp;the truth&nbsp;behind&nbsp;the U.S. invasion of&nbsp;Panama. Of&nbsp;course the invasion&nbsp;of&nbsp;Panama&nbsp;violated international&nbsp;and&nbsp;U.S. law.&nbsp;It&nbsp;was&nbsp;a physical&nbsp;assault of&nbsp;stunning&nbsp;violence.&nbsp;It&nbsp;was&nbsp;a time&nbsp;for testing&nbsp;new&nbsp;equipment&nbsp;with&nbsp;no&nbsp;concern&nbsp;for&nbsp;human&nbsp;lives.Ramsey&nbsp;ClarkWe're&nbsp;smaller than Delaware.&nbsp;Our&nbsp;armed&nbsp;forces&nbsp;were&nbsp;smaller than&nbsp;the&nbsp;New&nbsp;York&nbsp;City&nbsp;Police&nbsp;Department.&nbsp;And we&nbsp;were&nbsp;a threat to&nbsp;the United&nbsp;States!Mario Rognoni Former Minister&nbsp;of&nbsp;Commerce&nbsp;and IndustryPanama&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;brought&nbsp;into the era of&nbsp;common&nbsp;graves,&nbsp;disappeared people,&nbsp;war&nbsp;refugees&nbsp;and&nbsp;the ransacking&nbsp;of&nbsp;homes.Olga Mejia President&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;National&nbsp;Human&nbsp;Rights Commission&nbsp;of&nbsp;PanamaAt&nbsp;1&nbsp;a.m.&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;my&nbsp;children&nbsp;woke&nbsp;me&nbsp;up;&nbsp;he knocked on&nbsp;the&nbsp;door and&nbsp;said,&nbsp;"Mama,&nbsp;they&nbsp;invaded Panama."&nbsp;I&nbsp;went&nbsp;out&nbsp;into the street to&nbsp;fight.Edilma&nbsp;Icaza Representative&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Indigenous&nbsp;Peoples&nbsp;of&nbsp;Panama

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