The Torrijos–Carter Treaties are two treaties signed by the United States and Panama in Washington, D.C., on September 7, 1977, which superseded the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903. The treaties guaranteed that Panama would gain control of the Panama Canal after 1999, ending the control of the canal that the U.S. had exercised since 1903. The treaties are named after the two signatories, U.S. president Jimmy Carter and the Commander of Panama's National Guard, General Omar Torrijos.
Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón was the President of Panama in 1949 and from 1960 to 1964. He belonged to the Liberal Party.
Belisario Porras Barahona was a Panamanian journalist and politician. He served three terms as President of Panama between 1912 and 1924.
Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Brin was President of Panama from 15 June 1945 to 7 August 1948, representing the National Liberal Party of Panama.
Rodolfo Chiari Robles was a Panamanian politician of the National Liberal Party.
General elections were held in Panama on 11 May 1952, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly.
General elections were held in Panama on 27 May 1948, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly.
General elections were held in Panama on 5 June 1932 to elect a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly. Harmodio Arias Madrid of the Liberal Doctrinaire Party (PLDo) was elected President, whilst the PLDo emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly, winning 14 of the 32 seats.
General elections were held in Panama on 5 August 1928 to elect both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly.
General elections were held in Panama on 2 September 1924 to elect both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly.
Presidential elections were held in Panama on 2 August 1920.
Parliamentary elections were held in Panama on 7 July 1918, electing both a new National Assembly.
Presidential elections were held in Panama on 16 September 1918.
The Socialist Party was a Panamanian left-wing political party created in 1933 by intellectuals and labor unionists who split off from the Liberal Party and rejected the Communist Party.
The Renewal Party was a Panamanian right liberal political party.
The Popular Union Party was a Panamanian centrist liberal political party.
José Antonio Price (1890–1951) was a prominent Afro-Panamanian physician and Liberal politician who graduated from University of West Tennessee College of Medicine and Surgery in 1913. Price is regarded as the first black Panamanian to hold a medical degree in republican Panama.
Acción Comunal was a nationalist and anti-American political movement in Panama during the 1920s and 1930s. It was responsible for a coup on January 2, 1931, that deposed President Florencio Harmodio Arosemena.
Anarchism in Panama began as an organized movement among immigrant workers, brought to the country to work on the numerous megaprojects throughout its history.
Manuel de los Dolores Quintero Villarreal was a Panamanian general and politician during the early 20th-century. He was known for being one of the main figures during the Coto War as well as a participant in the Thousand Days' War. He was also the Porrista Liberal Party nominee of the 1924 Panamanian general election.
