Golpe de Estado contra el general Omar Torrijos en Panama 1969
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Panama: Coup d'etat against Brigadier General Omar Torrijos. Soldiers patrol the streets during the day and night and armed clashes occur. Military detain men during the night. Soldiers cut a street and prevent people from crossing the place. Image of closed stores and people walking through the streets. (Without sound)
Reference: The main collaborators of Panama's strongman, Brigadier General Omar Torrijos, took advantage last night of his absence from the country to separate him from the command of the national guard, accusing him of exercising too strict control over the governing board. The imprudent coup that deposed Torrijos came at a time when the commander of the national guard, the main armed body of Panama and a decisive factor in his political life, was visiting Mexico. The leaders of the movement were identified as Colonels Ramiro Silvera, who went on to exercise the command of the guard, and Amado Sanjur, rose to the position of assistant commander of 5,000 fighters. Another officer of the guard said that one of the reasons for the fall of Torrijos, was that he allowed two communists to be included in the cabinet and identified such extremists as the head of Labor, Romulo Escobar Betancourt and Juan Materno Vazquez, minister of the Presidency. (Source: EL LITORAL newspaper of Santa Fe)
Date: 12/16/1969
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
Film code: B-15495
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Reference: The main collaborators of Panama's strongman, Brigadier General Omar Torrijos, took advantage last night of his absence from the country to separate him from the command of the national guard, accusing him of exercising too strict control over the governing board. The imprudent coup that deposed Torrijos came at a time when the commander of the national guard, the main armed body of Panama and a decisive factor in his political life, was visiting Mexico. The leaders of the movement were identified as Colonels Ramiro Silvera, who went on to exercise the command of the guard, and Amado Sanjur, rose to the position of assistant commander of 5,000 fighters. Another officer of the guard said that one of the reasons for the fall of Torrijos, was that he allowed two communists to be included in the cabinet and identified such extremists as the head of Labor, Romulo Escobar Betancourt and Juan Materno Vazquez, minister of the Presidency. (Source: EL LITORAL newspaper of Santa Fe)
Date: 12/16/1969
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
Film code: B-15495
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