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- Facing US trial, Noriega claims innocence. // Current Events;1/26/90, Vol. 89 Issue 16, p3
Discusses the capture of former Panamanian leader, General Manuel Noriega and his arraignment in a Miami, Florida courtroom. US invasion of Panama; Drug trafficking charges.
- The battle for 50th street. Cooper, N.; Lane, C. // Newsweek;8/10/1987, Vol. 110 Issue 6, p42
The main road through Panama City's financial district, 50th street, has been opposition turf during the recent unrest. But last week Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega won the battle for the street. He silenced leading opposition newspapers & radio & TV stations, & arrested 46 opponents. The...
- What next for Noriega? Willey, F.; Gonzalez, D.L. // Newsweek;2/1/1988, Vol. 111 Issue 5, p32
Last year Panamanian strongman General Manuel Antonio Noriega found Panamanians turning against him, and the US urging him to go. His trusted ally Jose Blandon authored a plan for Noriega's departure, but Noriega later denounced it and fired Blandon. Blandon recently leaked details of the plan...
- Anatomy of a fiasco. Morganthau, T.; Waller, D. // Newsweek;6/6/1988, Vol. 111 Issue 23, p36
General Manuel Antonio Noriega has withstood 11 months of intense economic and diplomatic pressure from the US to get the Panamanian leader out of office, but it doesn't look like he'll leave soon. The Reagan Administration misjudged Noriega and missed many opportunities to act decisively and...
- Noriega into the nineties. Caldwell, C. // American Spectator;Jan1990, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p16
Discusses the Panamanian politeness, character, and predicament that allowed General Noriega to remain in power after an attempted coup in October. Example of Dr. Hugo Spadafora; Attempts of opposition leader Guillermo Endara to take control; Corruption and United States sanctions; Role of...
- Dreaming about Noriega. Schorr, D. // New Leader;1/8/90, Vol. 73 Issue 1, p3
Editorial. Addresses the limitations and weaknesses of military information as seen in the coverage of the US invasion of Panama. Conflicting reports given to the media; Resulting confusion for the American public; Imagined future for deposed dictator Manuel Noriega.
- Dealing with dictators the American way. Wall, J.M. // Christian Century;10/9/91, Vol. 108 Issue 28, p899
Editorial. Considers how the US has dealt with former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. Military action; Senator Jesse Helms' supervision of Senate hearings on Panama in 1986; Allegations that Kuwait and the US were deliberately inflexible in dealing with Saddam Hussein; Implications for the...
- General middleman. Landau, S. // Mother Jones;Feb/Mar90, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p17
Recounts the author's conversation with deposed Panamanian leader General Manuel Noriega at a seminar on US intervention in the Third World, held last fall. Noriega's thoughts on reversed US policy toward his regime; Views on his indictment on drug charges; Role as a middleman between several...
- Noriega celebrates. Lane, C.; Waller, D. // Newsweek;5/29/1989, Vol. 113 Issue 22, p47
Reports on the first public appearance of Panama's General Manuel Antonio Noriega since he annulled Panama's elections on May 10. Noriega's Dignity Battalions are making opponents reluctant to resist his command, and US troops are a largely symbolic show of force. Noriega's style of...
- More bad news for Noriega. Cooper, N.; Gonzalez, D.L. // Newsweek;2/8/1988, Vol. 111 Issue 6, p37
A Miami grand jury heard testimony about Panamanian strongman General Manuel Antonio Noriega's involvement in drug trafficking and money laundering. He is expected to be indicted soon. Details Noriega's involvement with the drug trade; Testimony of former Noriega adviser Jose Blandon; Outlook.
