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Caribbean & Central America - 19 October 2004
PANAMA: Torrijos faces first protest
The honeymoon period of President Martín Torrijos was brought to an abrupt end on 12 October when the first significant protest since his
inauguration in September broke out. The catalyst for the protest was the mooted privatisation of the social security fund Caja de Seguro Social
(CSS).
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