Mr Torrijos is a member of the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD), as was Mr Noriega; the newly-elected PRD speaker of the National Assembly is himself wanted by America on murder charges.
And unlike the fractious Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), its leftist counterpart, the PAN runs a slick operation.
This time, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), under whose banner he will run again, languishes a distant third.
His coalition, "For the Good of All", composed of his Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), along with two small left-wing parties, Convergencia and the Worker's Party, has begun to fray, with Convergencia recognising Mr Calderón's victory.
ONE fear about Hong Kong's future is that the rise of Shanghai might condemn it to becoming the financial hub for "just" the Pearl River Delta (PRD), as Shanghai deals with the booming Yangzi delta region.
The opposition, ranging from conservative Catholics in the National Action Party PANN) to ex-communists in the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), plus a few Greens and members of the hard-to-classify Workers Party, was set to seize all the main congressional posts.
Some members of the two main opposition parties, the conservative PAN and the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), are beginning to wonder if it's such a good idea to vote for all the president's initiatives.
Work is due to finish in 2008.State within a stateLeaders of Mexico's main opposition, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), called on their legislators to disrupt the inauguration of the new president, Felipe Calderón, on December 1st.
Backed by his Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), he now says he will launch his campaign from prison, if necessary.
