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The Acción Comunal had not planned for what would happen after a successful coup, dividing the movement. The movement ended up trapped between the Panamanian oligarchy and the U.S. government, who each imposed conditions and candidates. In Alfaro's government, only two or three members of the
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movement were in the cabinet, diluting the nationalist character. In the elections of 1932, Arias assumed the presidency, dividing the group beyond repair. Some members joined Harmodio Arias, some went with Goytía, and others remained independent, ending the movement.
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On January 2, 1931, the movement conducted a coup that involved taking arms, controlling communications, taking the barracks, and assaulting the Presidency. The assault on the Presidency was commanded by
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to be the cause of U.S. dominance in Panama. When Arosemena assumed the presidency in 1928, the movement called him a puppet of Chiari, who was considered a "dictator."
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While the U.S. did not intervene militarily, AC pressured for the restoration of constitutional order, resulting in Harmodio Arias transferring power to the envoy in
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The movement focused on the education of Panamanian children in the love of their country, the correct use of the Spanish language, demanding payments in
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Acción Comunal was founded on August 19, 1923, by Ramón Mora, Víctor Florencio Goytía, José Pezet, José Manuel Quiros, Alberto Guardia Jaén,
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finished Arosemena's presidential term. The coup affected the relationship between the two countries for years to come.
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Latin American Politics and Development Christine J. Wade, Howard J. Wiarda Routledge Press, 2018
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and Harmodio Arias, established the National Revolutionary Party in 1932, which later became the
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Post-invasion Panama: The Challenges of Democratization in the New World Order
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List of coups d'état and coup attempts by country § Panama
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With the endorsement of the Supreme Court of Justice,
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during the 1920s and 1930s. It was responsible for a
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