Late dictator's son wins Panama presidential race

Martin Torrijos, the son of a former dictator, won Panama’s first presidential elections since the handover of the Panama Canal and withdrawal of US troops in December 1999, electoral authorities said.

Late dictator's son wins Panama presidential race

Martin Torrijos, the son of a former dictator, won Panama’s first presidential elections since the handover of the Panama Canal and withdrawal of US troops in December 1999, electoral authorities said.

Ex-president Guillermo Endara, his main rival, conceded defeat to Torrijos, whose father was the late dictator General Omar Torrijos who ruled Panama from 1968 until his death in 1981.

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