Armed Forces of Panama

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Since 1990 there have been no formal armed forces in Panama . The Fuerza Pública de la República de Panamá is partially paramilitary .

History and Abolition of the Military

As a result of a military intervention by the USA , today's Panama split off from Colombia on November 3, 1903 after the Panama conflict . In December 1989 the dictator Manuel Noriega , who ruled Panama with the help of the military after the mysterious death of Omar Torrijos in 1981, was overthrown by the USA (under George HW Bush ) in Operation Just Cause . Until his fall, Noriega was one of the United States' most important allies in Central America. The general is often mistakenly viewed as the president of Panama from 1983 to 1989. However, he was only the head of the Guardia Nacional , which he had later converted into the Fuerzas de Defensa de Panamá . After Noriega's fall, Panama formally abolished the military in 1990; this was confirmed in 1994 by a unanimous parliamentary resolution for a constitutional amendment. However, some units in the police are limited in their ability to wage war. The Servicio Aéreo Nacional and the Servicio Marítimo Nacional were merged in 2008 as part of a reform to form the Servicio Nacional Aeronaval (SENAN).

structure

Today's Fuerza Pública de la República de Panamá with a strength of about 24,000 men is divided into

  • Policía Nacional (National Police ),
  • Servicio Nacional de Fronteras (Border Guard),
  • Servico de Protección Institucional ,
  • Servicio Nacional Aeronaval .

Web links

Commons : Military of Panama  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RESDAL: Key figures for Panama (Spanish), accessed on December 28, 2014