Guillermo Ford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Panamanian politician
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Place of Birth: Panama City, Panamá Province, Panama
About Guillermo Ford
- Guillermo "Billy" Ford Boyd (November 11, 1936 – March 19, 2011) was the Second Vice President of Panama.
- He was one of the running mates of presidential candidate Guillermo Endara during the 1989 Panamanian election campaign.
- The election results were annulled by the Noriega regime before counting finished after it had been shown that Endara and Ford's coalition was leading Noriega's backed candidate by a 3 to 1 margin. After a rally in support of Endara and Ford, members of the Dignity Battalions, armed with guns, pipes, and wooden planks, attacked Ford and his entourage.
- A photo of the attack on Ford by a member of the Dignity Battalions appeared on the cover of Time magazine, Newsweek, and U.S.
- News.The iconic photo by Ron Haviv (of AFP), of Ford in his white guayabera shirt splattered bright red with blood became one of the most famous images of 1989.
- United States president George H.
- W.
- Bush referred to the Dignity Battalions as "doberman thugs" in a press conference that he held on 13 May 1989.During the Invasion of Panama on 20 December 1989, U.S.
- officials swore Endara in as President on a United States military base in the Canal Zone and Ford was appointed as Vice President.
- Ford served as Vice President from the end of 1989 until 1994.Ford died March 19, 2011 in his residency in Panama City, Republic of Panama, and he received a state funeral.
- The Panamanian National Assembly also honored him with a special resolution.
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