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Such turnabouts have seemed appropriate to Panama lately. Since former Strongman General Omar Torrijos Herrera and his 13-year one-man rule were brought to an abrupt end by a plane crash in 1981, the country seems to have been playing musical executive chairs. In less than three years, Panama has had three presidents, all in office with the blessings of the military. But that could change with the presidential election scheduled for May 6, the first such election after 16 years of military-backed governments. The Reagan Administration does not view the resignation with any great alarm, encouraged that...
...Panama City...
...Costa Rica. El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras. Belize, Panama and even Nicaragua, if it agrees to internal reform...
FOREIGN AFFAIRS is another area where the Californian has made a sharp break from the past, both in policy and in conventional wisdom. In this portion of the museum, scholars will for the first time get a glimpse at valuable documentation showing that the United States actually owned the Panama Canal (contrary to the 1903 treaty) and that North and South Vietnam had been two separate countries for centuries (despite volumes of history books and years when both were ruled by the same government, excepting periods of Chinese and French colonization). Bolstering the United States strategic forces...
...inflation. He stopped receiving two-by-fours in the mail from homebuilders protesting his policies. In a congressional hearing, Republican Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania told Volcker that "the only things I can think of that you haven't been blamed for are herpes and giving up the Panama Canal." But the Senator added, "We're lucky to have you as chairman...