his strong ties with communist countries
his strong ties with communist countries
Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera was a Panamanian military and political leader. He negotiated the Torrijos-Carter Treaties over the Panama Canal, which passed United States sovereignty over the canal zone to Panama.
Omar Torrijos's birth name is Omar Efran Torrijos Herrera.
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Omar Torrijos was born on February 13, 1929.
Omar Torrijos was born on February 13, 1929.
his strong ties with communist countries
Omar Torrijos died on a plane crash in 1981. Officially ruled an accident, but still debated after almost 30 years.
Torrijos came off as a leftist, with a populist discourse, and making deals with the likes of Marshall Tito, Fidel Castro and Gadaffi. This, at the height of the Cold War in a country where the US had vital interests.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa the explorer was one in the 16th century. Panama was a Spanish colony and afterwards remained a part of Colombia until 1903 and then owed its independence largely to the USA supporting the movement to separate Panama from Colombia. Afterwards it was effectively ruled by a group of powerful commercial families, until a miltary coup led by Omar Torrijos Herrera ousted the then ruling president Arias. Omar Torrijos remained in power from 1968 as leader of the military junta until he died in a plane crash in 1981. Panama had no indigenous kings, only the kings of Spain during the colonial period. Of them, Philip II was the only historically 'important' king.
This coin is worth about 5 dollars in Panama. In the US, the value may be somewhat higher.
No. The Panama Canal belongs to Panama since December 31, 1999. It used to be owned by the US until president Jimmy Carter and Panama's military leader Omar Torrijos singed a treaty to give the territory to Panama