Word: bethancourt
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Dates: during 1977-1977
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...most pointed questions from the committee, which seemed generally favorable to the agreement, centered on whether the Panamanians and the Administration interpret the treaty provisions in the same way. Several Senators noted that Romulo Escobar Bethancourt, the chief Panamanian treaty negotiator, recently told his countrymen that the U.S. could not unilaterally intervene under the accords to protect the canal after the year 2000. But Brown pointed out that General Omar Torrijos Herrera, the country's military dictator, is the leader who "instructs his negotiator, and not vice versa." Torrijos said approvingly at the treaty signing in Washington last month...
...swept presidential suite of Panama City's Holiday Inn, overlooking a bay speckled with shrimp boats, the mood was clearly jubilant. Chief Panamanian Negotiator Romulo Escobar Bethancourt jumped to his feet and reached across the table to grasp the outstretched hands of U.S. Negotiators Ellsworth Bunker and Sol Linowitz. With a smile that seemed as broad as the canal over which they had been arguing for many months, Escobar proclaimed: "This is good. Here are the people...
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