Dr. George Priestly, Chair of the Latin American Studies Department at Queens College in New York and a native Panamanian, joins Juan Mendez, an attorney with Americas Watch, a human rights organization, to discuss conditions in Panama. Because of the attention paid to Operation Desert Shild in the Middle East, people have forgotten the United States invasion of Panama. These two discuss conditions in that country, and the long term difficulties resulting from United States military operations.|OPERATION "JUST CAUSE" : PANAMA ONE YEAR LATER / George Priestly and Juan Mendez| interviewed by Robert Borosage. - SERIES: American dialogues : series II| no. 4 - Dr. George Priestly, Chair of the Latin American Studies Department at Queens College in New York and a native Panamanian, joins Juan Mendez, an attorney with Americas Watch, a human rights organizaiton, to discuss conditions in Panama. Because of the attention paid to Operation Desert Shield in the Middle East, people have forgotten the United States invasion of Panama. These two discuss conditions in that country and the long term difficulties resulting from United States military operations. - BROADCAST: Satellite, 1991.
