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Portrait or photograph of Omar Torrijos: Omar Torrijos, President of Panama, while signing the signing the Panama Canal Treaty. ARC Identifier: 179927

Virtual Memorial

Omar Torrijos

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Omar Torrijos, remembered for Panamanian history, Canal treaties, Political leadership.

1929 - 1981Panama City, Panama
Portrait or photograph of Omar Torrijos: Jimmy Carter and General Omar Torrijos shake hands after signing the Panama Canal Treaty., 09/07/1977. Also in this pic
Jimmy Carter and General Omar Torrijos shake hands after signing the Panama Canal Treaty., 09/07/1977. Also in this picture Alejandro Orfila (right to Jimmy Carter). White House photo, This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing ., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Omar Torrijos Is Remembered

Omar Torrijos is remembered for panamanian history, canal treaties, political leadership. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Omar Torrijos.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Panama City, Panama is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Omar Torrijos's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera was a Panamanian military officer, politician, and revolutionary who was the military leader of Panama, as well as the Commander of the Panamanian National Guard from 1968 to his death in 1981. Torrijos was never officially the president of Panama, but instead held self-imposed and all-encompassing titles, including "Maximum Leader of the Panamanian Revolution". Torrijos took power in a coup d'état and instituted a number of social reforms.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

Photos

Portrait or photograph of Omar Torrijos: Mausoleo de Omar Torrijos (Amador - Panamá)

Mausoleo de Omar Torrijos (Amador - Panamá)

Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Omar Torrijos: This is a picture of the panamanian cultural heritage monument with the ID

This is a picture of the panamanian cultural heritage monument with the ID

Enith Rodriguez, Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Omar Torrijos: This is a picture of the panamanian cultural heritage monument with the ID

This is a picture of the panamanian cultural heritage monument with the ID

Guisepitt, Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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