WORLD IN BRIEF : PANAMA : $25 Million in U.S. Aid Is on the Way
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
U.S. and Panamanian officials signed an agreement that provides $25.1 million in emergency aid to Panama to help it rebuild from the American invasion Dec. 20. It was the first in a series of aid packages the Administration plans for Panama. But President Guillermo Endara, who is in the seventh day of a hunger strike to protest an attempt by some in the U.S. Congress to cut overall aid for Panama, called for more assistance.
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