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Panamá no tiene ejército

Also spelled: abolición del ejército · Fuerza Pública

Definition

After the 1989 invasion the Defense Forces were dissolved, and a 1994 constitutional reform banned a standing army. Security was left to civilian services: the National Police, SENAFRONT and the air-naval service.

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Panama is one of the few countries in the world with no army.Panamá es de los pocos países del mundo sin ejército.

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