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Panama. Somoza regime. National Guard; Victory. Overthrow of Somoza government in 1979 by FSLN forces, with military assistance from Panama's Victoriano Lorenzo Brigade commanded by Hugo Spadafora [3] [4] Insurgency of the Contras, with clandestine support from Panamanian military government under Manuel Noriega from 1981-87 [5]
It created the Panama Canal Zone as a U.S. governed region, and allowed the U.S. to build the Panama Canal. In 1977, the Panama Canal Treaty (also called Torrijos–Carter Treaties) was signed by Commander of Panama's National Guard, General Omar Torrijos and U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Over time, it would replace and absolve the 1903 treaty.
Military history of Panama during World War II (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Military history of Panama" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
The U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard participated in the US invasion of Panama (1989–1990, Operation Just Cause). [1] Forces that participated include: U.S. soldiers holding a U.S. flag at La Comandancia
In 1501, Rodrigo de Bastidas was the first European to explore the Isthmus of Panama sailing along the eastern coast. A year later Christopher Columbus on his fourth voyage, sailing south and eastward from upper Central America, explored Bocas del Toro, Veragua, the Chagres River and Portobelo (Beautiful Port) which he named.
The Panama Defense Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas de Defensa de Panamá; FFDD), formerly the National Guard (of Panama) (Spanish: Guardia Nacional), [1] [2] were the armed forces of the Republic of Panama. It was created in 1983, led by Panama's dictator General Manuel Noriega and his general staff.
Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against U.S. control of the Panama Canal in 1964, with some protesters burning an effigy of President-elect ...
Unlike much of Latin America, in Panama the elite is almost totally urban based, rather than being a landed aristocracy. No elections were held under the military government until April 1970, when the town of San Miguelito, incorporated as the country's sixty-fourth municipal district, was allowed to elect a mayor, treasurer, and municipal council.