Torrijos

"In the annals of Latin American politics, Omar Torrijos of Panama was a David against Goliath, a charismatic leader who challenged the landed rabiblanco ("white tales") oligarchy, redistributed land and wealth, and died tragically in a 1981 plane crash widely rumored to be the work of the CIA." "This book is an homage to Torrijos by two giant talents, the Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide, who befriended Torrijos in the 1970s, and the Nobel Prize-winning Columbian writer Garcia Marquez."--BOOK JACKET.Iturbide, Graciela is the author of 'Torrijos', published 2007 under ISBN 9781884167683 and ISBN 1884167683.