CBS Evening News - 1988-02-29
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[0:00] being here everybody. See you tomorrow
[0:01] now to CBS.
[0:04] This is the CBS Evening News. Dan Rather
[0:07] reporting. Good evening. Opponents of
[0:09] Panama's military ruler Manuel Noriega
[0:12] tried to show their strength with the
[0:13] protest strike today, but once again
[0:15] they failed to shake his grip on power.
[0:17] Richard Roth is in Panama.
[0:21] The call for a general strike met with
[0:23] mixed reaction. Many shopkeepers this
[0:25] morning not sure whether it was safer to
[0:27] open or close. Panama was not paralyzed.
[0:31] >> They call for it, but I can't go for it.
[0:33] But I got to work.
[0:34] >> It was the same in industry. And at
[0:36] plants that did shut, like Panama's
[0:38] largest brewery employing 1,200 people,
[0:41] workers were paid for the day, paid to
[0:43] go out on strike by the brewery's
[0:45] owners, who were sympathetic to the
[0:46] strike's goal. Opposition leaders
[0:49] acknowledged the strike is primarily
[0:51] symbolic. We're not trying to lower
[0:53] taxes or prices, said one. We're trying
[0:56] to demonstrate a principle. Everybody
[0:58] knows that we can no longer leave with
[1:00] Nora. We have to pull him out. We have
[1:03] to kick him out. But it's not easy.
[1:05] >> Shortly after he spoke with CBS News as
[1:07] he tried to enter his office, the
[1:09] Chamber of Commerce president was
[1:10] detained by police, then released.
[1:13] >> The Chamber of Commer has been closed
[1:14] down illegally. There is no right for
[1:16] that.
[1:16] >> At banks, which were mostly open for
[1:18] half a day, or at businesses that were
[1:20] closed, people said the same thing.
[1:22] Taking a stand in Panama today means
[1:24] uncertainty and fear. Even if some
[1:28] businesses are have opened