Omar Torrijos
Also spelled: el general Torrijos
Definition
Panamanian military and political leader (1929-1981), de facto ruler from 1968. He negotiated the treaties that returned the Canal to Panama. He died in a 1981 plane crash under circumstances still debated. A politically polarizing figure.
Example
To some he was a dictator, to others the man who got the Canal back.Para unos fue dictador y para otros el que recuperó el Canal.
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