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unusual facts about Military of Panama



Florencio Flores Aguilar

Colonel Florencio Flores Aguilar assumed command of the Military of Panama, and was replaced in March 1982 by General Rubén Darío Paredes.

Floyd Britton

On October 11, 1968, a military coup took power bringing General Omar Torrijos to power, and within hours Britton was abducted by the National Guard and sent to the Coiba penal colony.

Panamanian general election, 1984

These actions, in conjunction with a power struggle between Roberto Díaz Herrera and Noriega, caused the Panamanian Defense Forces to oust this increasingly unpopular president.

"By late February 1988 the crisis further deepened as Eric Arturo Delvalle attempted to fire Noriega from the Panamanian Defense Forces. Instead, Eric Arturo Delvalle was sacked by the Panamanian Defense Forces-controlled National Assembly and Manuel Solis Palma was elected ‘minister in charge of the presidency’".


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