Panama tribute to French terrorist victims

Panama joined the mourning for the victims of the Paris terrorist attacks last that left 17 people dead, five of them cartoonists for the controversial weekly Charlie Hebdo.

President Juan Carlos Varela, Vice President and Foreign Minister Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado, National Assembly President Adolfo Valderrama and Supreme Court Chief Justice José Ayú Prado participated, along with some foreign ambassadors and local journalists, but there was little public attendance. in spite of TV and print media dvance publicity.
The government leaders placed a wreath at the foot of the obelisk in Plaza de Francia.
Some participants wore black and carried posters with the slogan “Je suis Charlie”
The tribute was organized by the National Council of Journalists and the French embassy.