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huelga inquilinaria de 1925

Also spelled: movimiento inquilinario

Definition

A mass protest in Panama City against abusive rents in tenement housing. It was put down with U.S. troop intervention and left dead. It is one of the country's first major urban social movements.

Example

The rent strike shaped Panamanian urban politics.La huelga inquilinaria marcó la política urbana panameña.

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