Talk:Omar Torrijos

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[edit] Torrijo's death

I want to make it clear that I rather doubt the circumstances of Torrijo's death claimed by John Perkins, but I certainly agree that the paragraph as it now stands should be part of the article.CSTAR

Noriega, in his book, says that many were suspicious about the circumstances of Torrijos' death. --Herschelkrustofsky 02:08, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

It was well known inside Torrijo was assassinated.

It's not simply "do you believe it or do you not?", I believe that it was an assassination by the CIA or some subsidary simply because of circumstance. Torrijo, as well as his Ecuadorian counterpart, both died in plane crashes less than a month after meeting with corporate officials from America, who were angered by their plans to nationalize oil and other prime resources. Once, I would dismiss it as coincidence, but it also happened in Iraq, Iran, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Torrijo's successor in Panama. It isn't coincidence when it's happened seven or more times.

Cam 04:54, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Of course it does, the United States would never harm a fly, let alone assassinate its political enemies. Never.

Rob —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 18:11, August 22, 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Re: recent edit

A recent edit referred to Arnulfo Arias as "a known racist". I reverted the edits because they did not belong here in this article and were not accompanied by appropriate documentation. The fact is though that Arias indeed was at some points of his political career arguably a racist: anti-asian, anti-semitic and anti-afropanamanian. However, these facts (with appropriate documentation) belong in the Arias article. To say something is "well-known" is not acceptable.--CSTAR 1 July 2005 04:42 (UTC)

I find it facinating that Wikipedia claims to be a neutral site yet it paints Torrijos in a tight corner with "military dictators" and uses a reference from Manuel Noriega to further this connection, at least by association. Rumors abound in the bio with the more detailed ones focusing on Torrijos as evil and his assassination as hearsay. Who really owns Wikipedia?

Note: I corrected the article to reflect that Torrijos was never President of Panama. This is an important distinction.