Deposed Leader’s Widow Wins Panama Presidency
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PANAMA CITY — Mireya Moscoso, the widow of a popular leader, won elections Sunday to become the president who will lead Panama when the United States cedes control of the Panama Canal at the end of the year.
She beat Martin Torrijos, the son of strongman Gen. Omar Torrijos. The late general helped depose her husband, Arnulfo Arias Madrid, from the presidency and went on to sign the 1977 Panama Canal treaties with the U.S.
Martin Torrijos conceded defeat and congratulated Moscoso. He promised that his party would be “a constructive opposition” during Moscoso’s administration.
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