The Panama Flag Riots

Published: Jan. 9, 2014, 9:33 a.m.

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In January 1964, protests erupted in Panama, prompted by a dispute over the flying of the Stars and Stripes. It escalated into violence between US forces and Panamanian students. More than 20 people were killed in the unrest which had at its root the US control of the Panama Canal.

Photo: The Panama Canal. Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

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