Article: Martinelli takes office as president of Panama

Article: New Panama president takes office facing ...
AP Worldstream;  September 1, 2004 ;     633 words ... ... former dictator, says that Panama's agricultural technology ... Cuba broke relations with Panama and Venezuela recalled its ... relations with Cuba after he takes office. His father was a friend of Castro's. While Panama has seen its economy grow ...

Article: New Panama president takes office
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 2, 2004 ;     368 words ...New Panama president takes office From Journal Sentinel wire reports Thursday, September 2, 2004 Panama City, Panama -- Martin Torrijos, the son of a former dictator, took office ...

Article: Close Friend of Noriega Takes Office in ...
The Washington Post;  September 2, 1989 ;     646 words ...Panama swore in a close friend of Army Chief Gen ... president assumed his office on the day Panama's constitution dictates that a change ... regard this an intentional snub or a sign of Panama's growing isolation. U.S. Ambassador ...

Article: Pro-business president takes office in ...
AP Worldstream;  July 2, 2009 ;     629 words ... ... Ricardo Martinelli was sworn in as Panama's new president on Wednesday, promising ... 25 billion project to increase the Panama Canal's capacity and allow it to accommodate larger ships. The canal is Panama's economic motor and Martinelli supported ...

Article: Torrijos takes office as Panamanian president
Xinhua News Agency;  September 2, 2004 ;     322 words ...Torrijos takes office as Panamanian president PANAMA CITY, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Martin Torrijos Espino was ... Torrijos who died in 1981 in an aircraft accident after ruling Panama for 13 years. Torrijos won 47.44 percent of the vote in ...

Article: Chile's new police director takes office
Xinhua News Agency;  June 6, 2008 ;     305 words ...Chile's new police director takes office SANTIAGO, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Chilean general Eduardo Gordon ... Bernales, who was killed on May 29 in a helicopter crash in Panama City. Gordon said in his investiture speech that he was still ...

Article: Noriega Celebrates Reagan Departure; Panamanian Problem Remains ...
The Washington Post;  January 21, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... riddance and to hail his own survival as Panama's military strongman. "Reagan is leaving ... painted slogan at an entrance to the former Panama Canal Zone, once U.S. territory and ... served as a reminder that Washington's Panama problem remains unsolved. It is a problem ...