VARIOUS SHOTS OF SIGNS ALONG THE AVENUE (INCLUDING SHOT OF PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS BUILDING WHICH WAS SCENE OF ATTACK DURING RIOTING.




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Background: ALTHOUGH THE ISSUES THAT PRECIPITATED THE PANAMA-UNITED STATES CRISIS REMAIN UNRESOLVED, THE PANAMANIANS CLAIM PARTIAL VICTORY IN THE "BATTLE OF THE PAINT BRUSH."
AFTER THE RIOTS, PANAMANIAN STUDENTS RENAMED THE STREET WHICH DIVIDES THE CANAL ZONE FROM THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA "AVENIDA DE LOS MARTIRES" - OR AVENUE OF THE MARTYRS, A REFERENCE TO STUDENTS WHO DIED IN THE RECENT RIOTING. THE STREET IS OFFICIALLY NAMED FOURTH OF JULY AVENUE, AFTER THE U.S. INDEPENDENCE DAY, AND ONE SECTION OF IT WAS RENAMED PRESIDENT KENNEDY AVENUE AFTER MR. KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED.

SUCH SIGNS AS "YANKEE GO HOME" AND OTHERS CALLING AMERICANS "ASSASSINS" AND "KILLERS" HAVE APPEARED IN PANAMANIAN STREETS.