• THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
• THE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM
• The Executive
• The Legislature
• The Judiciary
• State Agencies and the Regulation of Public Employees
• Provincial and Municipal Government
• NATIONALISM, POPULISM, AND MILITARISM: THE LEGACY OF OMAR TORRIJOS
• POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE POST-TORRIJOS ERA
• POLITICAL FORCES
• Political Parties
• The Panama Defense Forces
• Business, Professional, and Labor Organizations
• Students
• The Roman Catholic Church
• The Communications Media
• FOREIGN RELATIONS
• Relations with the United States: The Panama Canal
• Other Aspects of Panamanian-United States Relations
• Relations with Central America
• Bilateral Relations with Other Nations
• Multilateral Relations
• Foreign Policy Decision Making

NOTE: The information regarding Panama on this page is re-published from The Library of Congress Country Studies and the CIA World Factbook. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Panama Government information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Panama Government should be addressed to the Library of Congress and the CIA.