When the rest of the world elected women leaders

Moscoso defeats Torrijos for Panama presidency (May 1999)

Los Angeles Times cov­er­age of Mireya Mo­scoso’s elec­tion as pres­id­ent of Panama.

“The pres­id­en­tial elec­tion is only the second since U.S. forces in­vaded Panama to eject mil­it­ary strong­man Manuel Noriega, who had can­celed 1989 elec­tion res­ults…”

Sources: Los Angeles Times, May 3, 1999.