Omar Torrijos (1929-1981) was not only Panama's most famous leader in that country's history but also one of Latin America's best-known figures of the 20th century. He achieved this distinction for on...
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Panama City (dpa) - Panama on Friday marked the 30th anniversary
of a historic deal to hand over the Panama Canal with low-key
celebrations, only four days after work starte...
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Panama blasted away part of a hillside next to the canal on Monday, marking the start of the waterway's biggest expansion since it opened 93 years ago.In the presence of former President Carter, wh...
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Panama City/Washington (dpa) - Only four days after the formal
start of work to expand its world-famous canal, Panama will mark on
Friday the 30th anniversary of the histori...
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Panama City (dpa) - With hair turned grey and a face still scarred
by small pox, former Panamian leader Manuel Noriega will leave US
federal prison September 9 after 17 year...
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Panama City (dpa) - Panamanian President Martin Torrijos detonated
on Monday an explosive charge to break ground on an expansion of the
Panama Canal, beginning an eight-year...
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Daniel Ortega, who led a Marxist government that spent the 1980s fighting U.S.-backed insurgents, returns to power Wednesday promising to respect free trade and private business and maintain relati...
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Former revolutionary Daniel Ortega takes office Wednesday in a ceremony attended by more than a dozen world leaders, many Latin American leftists celebrating their latest ally in the region.Ortega ...
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Today is Friday, Sept. 7, the 250th day of 2007. There are 115 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:One hundred years ago, on Sept. 7, 1907, the British liner RMS Lusitania set out on...
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Omar Torrijos
Panama remembers canal "liberation" with low-key gathering
