Despite some gestures at resistance, Panama City seems ready, even eager to comply with American demands. When Marco Rubio ...

during a demonstration marking Martyrs' Day, a national day of mourning to honor the 21 Panamanians who were killed during the January 1964 anti-American riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal ...

People march during a demonstration marking Martyrs' Day, a national day of mourning ... 1964 anti-American riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone, in Panama City, Thursday, Jan. 9 ...

The protests expanded to general opposition to the U.S. presence in Panama and U.S. troops got involved. Historians say what has come to be known as Martyrs’ Day was a key point of inflection ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — A Panamanian national holiday remembering the killing of 21 protesters by police and U.S. troops in 1964 is taking on new resonance this year as U.S. President-elect Donald ...