New York Times
April 19, 1961.

Panama Troops Repel Attempt By 500 to Storm Canal Zone
Tear Gas Drives Off Pro-Castro Crowd--One Dead in Caracas Demonstration--Mexico Sets a Hands-Off Policy

        PANAMA, April 18 (AP)--About 500 pro-Castro demonstrators tried to storm the United States-controlled Panama Canal Zone tonight but were driven off by Panamanian National Guardsmen hurling tear-gas grenades.
        The mob was whipped into a frenzy for hours by speakers denouncing "Yankee imperialism" for the rebel assault in Cuba. The demonstrators then started their march to the zone area.
        The speakers charged that planes that had attacked Cuba had been taking off from an airstrip in a training area used by the United States inside the Panama Republic.
        One demonstrator was injured, apparently by the butt of a police rifle, and at least two store windows were smashed.

One Killed at Caracas Rally
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        CARACAS, Venezuela, April 18--One person was killed and twelve were wounded during pro-Castro demonstrations by students here today.
        The police and national guard units used tear gas and rifle butts and fired shots in the air to disperse a crowd of 10,000 students in the main rally in the center of Caracas.
        The students broke up into small groups that smashed windows in the area and overturned and burned automobiles.

Mexico Affirms Policy
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        MEXICO CITY, April 18--The Mexican Government proclaimed today a policy of nonintervention in the Cuban situation.
        The Foreign Ministry issued a statement that declared:
        "In using the right of self-determination of the peoples, without which the concept of sovereignty and independence would have no meaning, it is up to the Cuban people, without outside interference, to carry out their aspirations of economic and social improvement that have found a highly favorable echo in the conscience of the peoples of America.
        "The Mexican Government reiterates its firm adherence to the principles of nonintervention."
        Gen. Lazaro Cardenas, former President of Mexico and an ardent Castro supporter, did not, as originally planned, fly today to Cuba. Yesterday he had announced his intention of leaving for Cuba to help Premier Castro resist the rebel landing.
        It was learned here today that the Government had issued confidential orders to airport authorities to prevent General Cardenas' departure on either private or commercial airplanes.
        The former President, perched atop a car, addressed about 15,000 persons, mostly students, who demonstrated tonight against the United States before the Presidential Palace. He accused the United States of aggression in the rebel assault in Cuba.
        earlier today, a band of about fifty students sacked and wrecked the United States Cultural Institute in Morelia, about 160 miles west of here, the birthplace of General Cardenas.

Argentine Protesters Dispersed
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        BUENOS AIRES, April 18--High-school students stoned and broke into the Cuban Embassy here tonight. The demonstration reflected hostility toward the Castro regime and toward Communist-organized street meetings that protested the rebel landing in Cuba.
        However, most of the student demonstrators here continued to be pro-Castro. Policemen with clubs and swords chased shouting youths down side streets, dispersing them each time the formed groups. Main arteries were closed by rush hour tonight.

Guatemala Police Halt Attack
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        GUATEMALA, April 18--The police used tear-gas bombs and clubs to halt two attacks here tonight. The attacks followed a mass meeting of about 2,000 students in which the United States and Guatemala were blamed for the rebel assault in Cuba.

Two Seized in Brazil
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        RIO DE JANEIRO, April 18--Two University students were arrested today while distributing leaflets that denounced the United States and called for a mass meeting "in defense of the Cuban revolution."
        The meeting took place in front of the Guanabara State Legislature. Almost 1,000 persons turned out, some carrying banners reading "Cuba yes! Yankees no!"

U.S. Flags Burned in Bolivia
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        LA PAZ, Bolivia, April 18--Leftist-led demonstrators burned United States flags here today and attempted unsuccessfully to attack the United States Embassy. The 3,000 demonstrators shouted "Kennedy is a criminal!" Unable to get to the Embassy, the mob set fire to the building of the independent newspaper Presencia. Firemen extinguished the blaze.