TORRIJOS HERRERA, OMAR

ōmärˈ tōrēˈhōs ārāˈrä, 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 year, following a coup attempt by younger officers, he tightened his grip on the country. He instituted wide-ranging economic and social reforms, espousing birth control, expropriating land, and attacking Panama's powerful families. In Sept., 1972, an elected assembly granted Torrijos full civil and military powers for six years. He successfully negotiated new Panama Canal treaties (1977) with U.S. President Jimmy Carter that transferred the Canal Zone and ultimately the canal to Panamanian control. In 1978, he chose not to run for president, though he remained as commander of the National Guard. He died in a plane crash.

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books on: Torrijos Herrera Omar  - 18 results

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An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996
Book by John E. Jessup; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Conflict Management--History--20th Century--Dictionaries, Military History, Modern--20th Century--Dictionaries, Political Violence--History--20th Century--Dictionaries
...Torres Gonzales, Juan Jose, 57 , 476 , 556 , 745 Torrijos Herrera, Omar, 38 , 564 , 746 , 778 Tortuga Island, See Haiti...your Draft Card Day, 766 Turrijos, Omar, See Torrijos, Omar. Tutsi Tribe, See Rwanda. Tuyen Duc Province...
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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures
Book by Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, Ana M.López; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Caribbean Area--Encyclopedias, Latin America--Encyclopedias
...Duran, Roberto GECU General, El Guardia, Gloria Herrera, Dario Jaramillo Levi, Enrique Miro, Ricardo molas...Pedro Navaja School of the Americas Sinan, Rogelio Torrijos Herrera, Omar Paraguay ABC Color Acosta, Delfina Alvarez Benitez...
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Modern Latin America
Book by Thomas E. Skidmore, Peter H. Smith; Oxford University Press, 2004
Subjects: Latin America--History
Torrijos Herrera, Omar, 369, 370 Touissant LOuverture, Pierre Dominique, 335 Trade: export-import growth, 43-51, 200; free, 27, 37-38...
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Keeping the Flame: Media and Government in Latin America
Book by Robert N. Pierce, John Spicer Nichols; Hastings House, 1979
Subjects: Mass Media Policy--Latin America
...225 Timerman, Jacobo, 7 , 17 , 18 , 203 , 227 Times of London , 6 Topaze magazine, 57 Torey, Gabor, 76 , 77 Torrijos Herrera, Omar, 236 Toscano, Jose, 100 Trabajadores, Los , 95 Tribuna, La Chile , 66 , 71 Tribuna, La Peru , 123 , 129...
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The Geopolitics of Security in the Americas: Hemispheric Denial from Monroe to Clinton
Book by Martin Sicker; Praeger, 2002
Subjects: Geopolitics--Latin America--History, Geopolitics--United States--History, International Relations--Decision Making, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, National Security--United States--History, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America
...Thatcher, Margaret, 141 , 143 Tierra del Fuego, 138 , 163 Toriello Garido, Guillermo, 112 Torres, Manuel, 16 Torrijos Herrera, Omar, 131 , 146 Toussaint lOuverture, 12 Treaty of Ancon (1883), 153-54 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848...
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journal articles on: Torrijos Herrera Omar  - 3 results

 
 
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Civil-military Relations in a Civilianized State: Panama
Journal article by Ronald D. Sylvia, Constantine P. Danopoulos; Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 33, 2005
Subjects: Armed forces, Civilians, National security, Panama, Politics, Terrorism
...young and charismatic Lt. Col. Omar Torrijos Herrera, the Guard governed Panama until...period (late 1970s) reinforced Torrijos decision to civilianize his regime...Aristides Royo, who was handpicked by Omar Torrijos, became Panamas president. General...
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House of the Americas-100 Years
Journal article by James Patrick Kiernan; The Americas, Vol. 62, 2010
Subjects: Canals, Development banks, Organization of American States, Peace, Political asylum, Politics
...nations gathered in the Hall of the Americas to witness US President Jimmy Carter and Head of Government of Panama Omar Torrijos Herrera sign the Panama Canal Treaties. The treaties established that the Government of Panama would assume possession...
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Under New Ownership: It's Panama's Canal
Journal article by William W. Mendel; Military Review, Vol. 80, 2000
Subjects: Canals, National security, Panama, Panama Canal, Territorial transfers
...percent of US seaborne trade.2 Former US President Jimmy Carter and Head of Government for the Republic of Panama, Omar Torrijos Herrera, signed the Panama Canal Treaties at the Organization of American States building in Washington, D.C. on 7...


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magazine articles on: Torrijos Herrera Omar  - 6 results

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The Murder of Torrijos
Magazine article by Alexander Cockburn; The Nation, Vol. 245, August 15, 1987
Subjects: Assassination, Diaz Herrera, Roberto--Testimony, Noriega, Manuel Antonio--Public opinion, Panamanian foreign relations--United States, Press and politics--Case studies, Torrijos Herrera, Omar, United States, United States foreign relations--Panama
The Murder of Torrijos. by Alexander Cockburn...of Col. Roberto Diaz Herrera, the man whom Gen. Manuel...that the death of Gen. Omar Torrijos, Panamas leader, had...crashed, killing General Torrijos and all on board. Steele...
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Loss of Canal Poses Great Danger for United States
Magazine article by James R. Whelan; Human Events, Vol. 55, November 12, 1999
Subjects: China, International relations-US, National security, Panama Canal, Politics, Ports, United States
...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...
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House of the Americas 100 Years: The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Construction of the Headquarters of the Organization of American States Offers an Opportunity to Reflect on the History of Past Efforts to Promote Inter-American Cooperation and on the Probable Course and Nature of Such Efforts in the Future
Magazine article by James Patrick Kiernan; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 62, May-June 2010
Subjects: Historic buildings--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Organization of American States--Buildings and facilities, Organization of American States--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Pan-Americanism
...nations gathered in the Hall of the Americas to witness US President Jimmy Carter and Head of Government of Panama Omar Torrijos Herrera sign the Panama Canal Treaties. The treaties established that the Government of Panama would assume possession...
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A Talk with Manuel Noriega
Magazine article by Oliver Stone; The Nation, Vol. 258, January 24, 1994
Subjects: Ex-government officials--Investigations, Ex-public officers--Investigations, Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990--Analysis, Noriega, Manuel Antonio--Interviews, Panama, Panamanian foreign relations--United States, United States foreign relations--Panama
...successor) to Gen. Omar Torrijos, a problematic populist...colonel, Robert Diaz Herrera. Diaz accused Noriega...Army in the death of Torrijos. Diaz also charged that...made with Roberto Diaz Herrera? I dont know what happened...
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Elections: the Opposition Returns to Power
Magazine article by George Priestley; NACLA Report on the Americas, Vol. 28, 1994
Subjects: Latin America, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America
...IMPACT VISUALS The tomb of General Omar Torrijos, founder of the PRD, and mentor...coup staged by Colonel Eduardo Herrera Hassan. Labor unions also had...dating from the decline of the Torrijos populist-nationalist project...
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newspaper articles on: Torrijos Herrera Omar  - 2 results

 
 
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1970-1979
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 27, 1999
...unconditionally pardons almost all draft evaders from the Vietnam War. CANAL TREATY Mr. Carter and Panamanian Gen. Omar Torrijos Herrera sign treaties for the gradual turnover of the Panama Canal Zone to Panama. FULL OF ENERGY The Department of Energy...
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Political Leaders Who Fell to Earth; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 28, 2006
...Peruvian border in suspicious circumstances. Three months later, on August 1, 1981, the Panamanian dictator Omar Efrain Torrijos Herrera was killed in a similar incident. Samora Moises Machel, president of Mozambique, died when his aircraft...


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encyclopedia articles on: Torrijos Herrera Omar  - 5 results

 
 
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Torrijos Herrera, Omar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TORRIJOS HERRERA, OMAR omar tore hos ara ra, 1929 81, military leader, dictator of Panama...powerful families. In Sept., 1972, an elected assembly granted Torrijos full civil and military powers for six years. He successfully negotiated...
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Torrijos Espino, MartÍn Erasto
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TORRIJOS ESPINO, MARTIN ERASTO 1963 , Panamanian...b. Panama City. The son of Gen. Omar Torrijos Herrera , he studied economics and political...Democratic Revolutionary party (DRP). Torrijos served in the government of President...
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Panama , Country, Central America
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...later in a military coup. Gen. Omar Torrijos Herrera emerged as the dominant figure shortly thereafter. Torrijos conducted enormous public works...2004. He is the son of Gen. Omar Torrijos. In 2006 Panamanian voters approved...
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Royo SÁnchez, ArÍstides
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ARISTIDES 1940 , president of Panama (1978 82). A former minister of education, he was named president by Gen. Omar Torrijos Herrera , the actual ruler of the country. After Torrijoss death (1981), Royo remained in office but encountered increasing...
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Noriega, Manuel Antonio
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...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...


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