The 22nd Panama "flagging ceremony" was held in the Panama Canal Knowledge City.Commemorating the anti-American patriotic operations carried out by the people of Panama to recover the sovereignty of the Canal。
Arosemena, executive chairman of the Knowledge City Foundation, the organizer of the event, said that on May 2, 1958, a group of Panamanian students secretly planted 75 Panamanian flags in the canal zone that was still controlled by the United States at that time. "That was the awakening day of Panama's sovereignty consciousness". Arosemena introduced that this action was an important prelude to Panama's "Flag Protection Movement" in 1964 and the subsequent sovereignty struggle.
The Panama Canal is located in the middle of the American continent, running through the Isthmus of Panama. It is a lock-type canal that connects the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. Historically, the United States has obtained a permanent monopoly on the construction and operation of the Panama Canal and permanent occupation of the Yunhe District. On December 31, 1999, Panama finally regained its management and defense rights over the canal. Since the beginning of this year, U.S. President Trump has repeatedly claimed to "take back" U.S. control of the Panama Canal.