Panama, Diciembre de 1989
Bare-chested figure grasphing Panamanian flag, bowed under and chainted to a beam inscribed "20 xii 1989"(20 December 1989, the date of the U.S. invasion of Panama)

The scene shows...
  • slain Panamanians,
  • burning buildings (reference to the bombing of the barrio of Chorrillo),
  • death's head in U.S. soldier's helmet; fence with sign "[NO]T Trespa[ss], Military, U.S. Goverment",
  • a woman combatant with a shirt inscribed "Batallo[n]m Rosa L[andesho],"
  • and male combatants (Rosa Landecho died in combat in a an uprising against thed United States in 1964.

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