About José Ramón Guizado
José Ramón Guizado Valdés (13 August 1899 – 2 November 1964) was the 17th President of Panama. He belonged to the National Patriotic Coalition (CNP). == Education == Guizado is an alumnus of Vanderbilt University, having earned a Bachelor of Engineering from the university in 1920. Prior to his political career, Guizado made a fortune as a construction engineer. == Career == He served as Arnulfo Arias' Second Vice President from 1949 to 1951 and Alcibíades Arosemena's First Vice President from 1951 to 1952, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs, a title under which he participated in treaty negotiations directly with the United States. These negotiations covered the United States' use of the Panama Canal. José became the president after his predecessor, José Antonio Remón Cantera, was assassinated. === Remón Cantera affair === In 1955, during a trial from the National Assembly of Panama, Guizado was charged with the second degree murder of his presidential predecessor, José Antonio Remón Cantera. Cantera was assassinated on January 2, 1955 by machine gun fire at the Juan Franco Racetrack in Panama. The suspected assassin, Ruben Miro, confessed to the murder and implicated Guizado, asserting that he had known about the plot.
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