Source: Waco TribuneHerald Page: 8A wire reports Pub ] Date: Dec 25, 1997 Contact: PANAMA ANTIDRUG CENTER PANAMA CITY, Panama Despite a series of street protests, months of delicate negotiations have led to a plan for a U.S.led antidrug center on an American military base here. The center intended to monitor drug smuggling throughout Latin America after the United States turns over its bases to Panama at the end of 1999 has been a hotly contested topic in Panama. Although most Panamanians support the center, some have protested what they see as the United States going back on its word to pull its soldiers out of the country.