Analysis: Panama's favorite contender.

United Press International | January 30, 2004 | Copyright

PANAMA CITY, Jan 30, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX)

Martin Torrijos Espino is the favorite candidate to win the May 2 presidential elections in Panama. He is the 40-year-old son of President General Omar Torrijos Herrera, who in 1968 established a military regime and in 1977 successfully negotiated the Panama Canal treaties. Torrijos Herrera died in a plane crash in 1981.

Three months before the elections, Martin comfortably occupies first place in the polls, with a lead of more than 15 points over his main rival, Guillermo Endara, president ...

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