Aquilino Boyd

Who is Aquilino Boyd?

Aquilino Edgardo Boyd de la Guardia was a Panamanian politician, diplomatist and lawyer.

Aquilino Boyd was born in 1921 in Panamá. Mather – Dora Brind. Studied in La Salle, Panama City, Holy Cross Coll., USA, Univs. de la Habana and Panama.

Aquilino Boyd, a member of one of the old ruling families and oligarch, he served as foreign minister of Panama, permanent representative to the United Nations, member of National Assembly for five terms, President of the National Assembly. In 1964 he shot newspaper editor Escolastico Calvo after he ran a scathing editorial.

He was one of leaders of the National Patriotic Coalition, in 1959 founded the Third Nationalist Party, after having left the National Patriotic Coalition in a disagreement with then President Ernesto de la Guardia. Boyd led the agitation against the Canal Zone, and delivered the Third Nationalist Party to the National Liberal Party coalition in on the basis of Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón's nationalist stance. Shortly after the election Boyd lost control of the Third Nationalist Party to Gilberto Arias, and founded the Nationalist Party.