Word: panamanians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From the patio of the pale stucco house, a Panamanian gunboat can be seen cruising the richly blue-green waters. Guards armed with pistols and submachine guns patrol the driveway, and a German shepherd attack dog trots around the unfenced grounds. Perched on a cliff 50 yds. from the bay, the house itself is a modest dwelling, consisting of only six rooms. But for the latest occupant of the building, owned by former Panamanian Ambassador to the U.S. Gabriel Lewis Galindo, it is a much needed haven. "Such surroundings, such hospitality, are not going to be easy to match," said...
...Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, and flew to the Canal Zone, ending his 54-day stay in the U.S. Just where the Shah would live was uncertain. U.S. officials mentioned the lush resort island of Contadora off Panama's Pacific coast. But Luz Maria Quijano de Murray, Panamanian consul general in Philadelphia, said the Shah will be given asylum for three months on Coi-bita Island, also off the Pacific coast. The arrangement, she added, "could become permanent...
...contrast to his opposition to SALT II, Baker stunned the congressional Republicans last year by supporting ratification of the Panama Canal treaty, which gave the Panamanian government control of the waterway. Despite rumors he had unforgivably deserted the party line to save a Democratic president, Baker easily won re-election to a third term in the Senate...
That may not be soon enough for the most nationalistic Panamanians, who oppose the provisions that give the U.S. the military right to guarantee the canal's security in perpetuity. Lieut. General Dennis McAuliffe is retiring as commander of the 9,200 U.S. troops who will remain in bases near the canal. As the takeover neared, he expressed concern: "I know they will be coming in here planting little Panamanian flags all over the place. Some will even be planting flowers. I just hope they are not going to be planting rocks...
...large, the transition went smoothly. At the stroke of midnight on the appointed day, a team of Panamanian telecommunications workers, led by Torrijo's brother Mardin, took over the Balboa post office from American officials...