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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.
The Panamanian Public Forces (Spanish: Fuerza Pública de la República de Panamá) are the national security forces of Panama.Panama is the second country in Latin America (the other being Costa Rica) to abolish its standing army, with Panama retaining a small paramilitary security force.
The 7th Macho de Monte Infantry Company (Spanish: Séptima Compañía de Infantería Macho de Monte) was an elite infantry battalion of the Panama Defense Forces.Its mascot was the Baird's tapir, from which the company took it name, as in Panama the tapir is called 'Macho de Monte' which translates as 'mountain men'. [1]
Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera (February 13, 1929 – July 31, 1981) was a Panamanian dictator and military leader of Panama, as well as the Commander of the Panamanian National Guard from 1968 to his death in 1981.
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (/ m ɑː n ˈ w ɛ l ˌ n ɔːr i ˈ eɪ ɡ ə / ⓘ mahn-WEL NOR-ee-AY-gə, Spanish: [maˈnwel noˈɾjeɣa]; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) [a] was a Panamanian dictator and military officer who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989.
The 1968 Panamanian coup d'état was the military coup that took place in the Republic of Panama on October 11, 1968, when the National Guard, led by Major Boris Martínez, Lieutenant Colonel Jose Humberto Ramos, Rubén Darío Paredes and other military officers overthrew President Arnulfo Arias, who was elected in the May 12 general election and assumed office on October 1.
National Guard: Assumed power in the 1968 coup d'état. Styled as Maximum Leader of the Panamanian Revolution from 11 October 1968. Killed in an air crash. 2 Colonel Rubén Darío Paredes (born 1933) 3 March 1982 12 August 1983 1 year, 162 days National Guard: 3 General Manuel Noriega (1934–2017) 12 August 1983 20 December 1989 6 years, 130 days
Panama: Pro-Arias Guerrillas: Victory. Guerrillas defeated; Nicaraguan Revolution (1978-1979) FSLN. EPS; MAP-ML. MILPAS 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]