Después de la Guerra - Panamá (After the war - Panama)
Panama is a country that was created by the United States for the interest of the United States. U.S. elites have made sure not to fail to serve such an interest. The Canal of Panama was fundamental for the development the industrial capitalism. 35,000 workers died building this roadway, designed to prevent U.S. goods from having to cross the Rocky Mountains by train. The Canal will mark the relationship between Panama and the United States, as well as the history of Panama and all of Central America.
In 1989, in order to keep the Canal under control after feeling that they had lost their influence over Manuel Antonio Noriega, the United States invaded Panama. There is still no official death toll. Only the victims themselves have been in charge of keeping the memory alive for three decades, facing the inaction of successive governments.
After the invasion, social policies initiated by Omar Torrijos were stopped and the neoliberal program imposed by the United States was consolidated: massive privatizations, an increase of social inequality and consolidation of Panama City as the center of global money laundering.
This is a portrait of Panama through the eyes of its people: victims of the invasion, families crossed by the canal, important lawyers and ordinary people.
