http://libcom.org/tags/panama The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://libcom.org/history/1968-1990-the-invasion-of-panama-and-us-intervention <p>Panama has been traditionally controlled by its tiny European elite, less than 10% of the population. That changed in 1968, when Omar Torrijos, a populist general, led a coup that allowed the black and mestizo [mixed-race] poor to obtain at least a share of the power under his military dictatorship.</p> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/history/1968-1990-the-invasion-of-panama-and-us-intervention">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/history/1968-1990-the-invasion-of-panama-and-us-intervention#comments North America Panama 1940s 1970s countries US intervention war 8.428904 -80.969238 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:02:45 +0000 Steven. 9784 at http://libcom.org