Word: rem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Through the day, at a campaign headquarters in an open-air beer garden, pistol-packing radio announcers claimed victory for a jowly man in a sweat-soaked sport shirt who stomped up & down among the tables: Candidate José Antonio Remón, once commander and still boss of Panama's only armed force, the 3,300-man National Police. Actually, because Panamanians count votes at their leisure (after the last election they took three months), "Chichi" Remón would not know the exact tally for weeks. But behind Chichi were his cops, the government, control of most...
...which splits the republic. In the bisected nation, politics are fought out in a manner as twisted as the land's geography. Since the last election four years ago, Panama has had five Presidents. The voters picked one; the rest were hired or fired by Reluctant Strong Man Rem...
Panama. Having made or broken four Presidents, Panama's Strong Man "Chichi" Remón expects to be elected to the presidency himself next month...
...Chichi Remón, boss of the National Police, Panama's only armed force, does not like revolutions; he likes to keep the country quiet, so that he, his cops and his business friends can live in peace. But President Arnulfo Arias, whom Chichi restored to offi'ce 18 months ago, was not a man to let well enough alone. He built up his own secret police to cow the opposition; he made enemies by voraciously reaching for power and property...
That was too much for fed-up Panamanians. Crowds gathered outside Chichi Remón's headquarters and clamorously demanded that he get rid of Arias. A general strike broke out. That night the National Assembly impeached Arias and swore in Vice President Alcibíades Arose. mena as President. Chichi sent Arias an ultimatum: get out or be booted out. Arnulfo holed up in the presidential palace with his henchmen. Police ringed the palace and began peppering the windows. After a four-hour battle, Arias gave up. As he left the palace under guard, he lifted his hand...