Thursday 06 November
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Panamanian President:
Obama's Win To Boost
Ties With Latin America
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Panamanian President:
Obama's Win To Boost
Ties With Latin America
Panama - Panamanian
President Martin
Torrijos said Wednesday
that Barack Obama's
election as U.S.
president has awakened
great expectations in
Latin America.
"His election has
awakened great
expectations in Panama
and Latin America, and
it is seen that
relations between the
U.S. and our region will
be boosted, which means
new cooperation between
both sides," Torrijos
said.
He also hailed the
historical ties of his
country with the United
States over the past 100
years since it was
established as an
independent republic in
1903.
Panama and the United
States have experienced
difficult relations,
"but we have always been
able to reach consensus,
which allowed close
cooperation in important
areas for both
countries," Torrijos
said.
Torrijos has sent a
message to congratulate
Obama, who will take
office in January 2009
and become the first
African-American
president of the United
States.
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