October 13, 1962 (September 15) Renyin years, the Panama Canal Bridge was completed. in 1962 10 13



in the U.S. occupation of the Canal Zone was held for the new Panama Canal Bridge dedication ceremony, a group of young Panamanians to break through a police cordon, the Panama flag on the side of the bridge center. Panamanian demonstrators demanded the bridge named Bridge of the Americas, at the same time requirements to regain the sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone.
chanted anti-American slogans and name placards Panama demonstrators poured into the venue, forcing the inauguration ceremony of the bridge had miserably. Was the presence of Panamanian President Roberto exactly where U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Colin Powell, U.S. Ambassador Farrand. When Powell in the dedication ceremony about the American flag and the Panamanian flag should be rising in the Panama Canal Zone, at the same time, the masses chanted anti-American slogans.
Comments: Panama World Bridge laudatory