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Omar Torrijos Herrera Omar Torrijos Herrera
Omar Torrijos Herrera , 1929-81, military leader, dictator of Panama (1968-78). As a lieutenant colonel, he led, together with Col. Boris Martínez, the coup (1968) that ousted President Arnulfo Arias . In 1969, he exiled Martínez, and promoted himself to brigadier general. Later that... Read more
Panama Invasion 1989 Panama Invasion 1989
PANAMA INVASION PANAMA INVASION (1989). The invasion of Panama by U.S. forces in December 1989 was designed in part to end the rule of General Manuel Antonio Noriega. A graduate of the Peruvian Military Academy in 1962, he had supported Colonel Omar Torrijos Herrera, the ruler of Panama, during... Read more
Manuel Noriega Manuel Noriega
Manuel Antonio Noriega , 1938-, Panamanian general. Commander of the Panamanian Defense Forces from 1983, Noriega consolidated the strong-armed rule inherited from Gen. Omar Torrijos Herrera , and became the de facto leader of Panama. A one-time operative for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency,... Read more

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Panama
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...National Guard, Brigadier General Omar Torrijos Herrera (b. 1929, d. 1981). His...facto national currency. The Torrijos regime also provided the continuity...against Martín Torrijos, son of Omar Torrijos, ...

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The murder of Torrijos. (Omar Torrijos) (Beat the Devil)
Magazine article from: The Nation ...of Col. Roberto Diaz Herrera, the man whom Gen...that the death of Gen. Omar Torrijos, Panama's leader...plant a bomb on General Torrijos's plane. He said Colonel...crashed, killing General Torrijos and all on board. Steele...
Party time; Panama.(Torrijos and Panamanian nationalism)(Martin Torrijos)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US) President Torrijos's grip is beginning to...S president, Martin Torrijos, is said to have been...His father, General Omar Torrijos, a former dictator, is...are due in 2009. Balbina Herrera, housing minister and...
DEATHS
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...still seen in syndication. MOISES TORRIJOS HERRERA Panamanian Diplomat Moises Torrijos Herrera, 74, a former Panamanian ambassador who...brother of the late Panamanian leader, Gen. Omar Torrijos Herrera, ...
Loss of canal poses great danger for United States
Magazine article from: Human Events ...elected President of the United States-- joined Omar Torrijos Herrera--4he roughneck dictator of Panama-in signing...worst of the historic lot of Panamanian leaders. Omar Torrijos was an unscrupulous demagogue, a bully, a leftist...
HOWARD BAKER RECALLS A NORIEGA THREAT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) ...then-leader of Panama, Gen. Omar Torrijos Herrera. "I took an immediate dislike...joining them, Baker said he and Torrijos flew to a country retreat near...lunch. "What do you need?" Torrijos finally asked Baker when the Tennessean...
A SEA CHANGE, BUT BUSINESS AS USUAL
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) ...late Panamanian strongman Gen. Omar Torrijos Herrera, Panama officially will take...Panamanian pride, said Ivan Herrera, a guide aboard the tour boat and a relative of the late Torrijos Herrera. "We don't have anything...
ELECTION DEEPENS PANAMANIAN DIVISIONS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) ...Noriega's predecessor, Gen. Omar Torrijos Herrera, who ruled the country after a military coup in 1968. Climbing Torrijos' political legacy after he assumed power in 1983, following Torrijos' death in a plane crash, Noriega...
Petaquilla Copper Ltd. Welcomes Dr. Marcel Salamin to its Board of Directors
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire ...adviser to the Panamanian General Omar Torrijos Herrera, Chief of the Government of Panama...negotiation of the Panama Canal 1977 Torrijos- Carter Treaties, as facilitator...Salamin was appointed by Mr. Martin Torrijos, current President of ...
A New Species of the Craugastor rugulosus Series (Anura: Craugastoridae) from...
Magazine article from: Copeia ...the Serranía Tabasará in Parque Nacional G. D. Omar Torrijos, central Panama, several individuals of a distinctive...nighttime surveys in Parque Nacional General de División Omar Torrijos Herrera, known as El Copé. The park is located at ...
Panamanians Demonstrate Against Permanence of U.S. Bases
Newspaper article from: Xinhua News Agency ...demonstrators chanted slogans and burned copies of the Torrijos-Carter treaties to condemn the proposed renegotiation...On September 7, 1977, former Panamanian President Omar Torrijos Herrera and his U.S. counterpart, Jimmy Carter, signed...

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