Word: panama
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...feel a sense of shame, even pity, for the "Senate 68" who voted aye on the Panama Canal treaty [May 1] in spite of the wishes of their constituents...
When our image was that of "the Ugly American," we felt safe and strong. Now we are known as and have proved we are the "Flaccid Americans." Only God can help the country now, after the Panama tragedy...
Bundy noted the difficulty of negotiating an arms agreement with superpowers like the Soviet Union while maintaining the flexibility required in negotiations between Congress and the President. He compared the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) to the recent Panama Canal treaty debate to illustrate the complexities of international negotiations...
...again, this time in Puebla, Mexico, and the encounter promises to be a heated one. Already a 214-page working paper for the Puebla conference, written by Latin Americans but backed by the Vatican to cool the enthusiasms of liberation theology, has touched off angry debate. The bishops of Panama had earlier denounced the working paper, and last week, meeting near São Paulo, 230 bishops of Brazil−by far the largest contingent headed for Puebla−added their own resounding rejection...
Lewis turned to an old friend, William Rogers, 50, a lawyer and former State Department official who had served as President Kennedy's expert on Latin America. Rogers flew to Panama, where Torrijos told him that Panama would not accept the DeConcini reservation, and some new "statement of political and legal dignity" must be added to the second treaty. Rogers offered himself as an intermediary...