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While it is uncertain that Diaz's charges will get a fair hearing, his allegations have already received some unexpected backing. Shortly after Diaz spoke out against Noriega, former President Nicolas Ardito Barletta publicly charged that Noriega had forced him from office in 1985. Barletta claimed his ouster had been engineered by Noriega after Barletta had pressed for an investigation into the killing of Dr. Hugo Spadafora, a leading critic of the Panamanian military. Diaz has gone further, charging Noriega with masterminding Spadafora's murder...
...country's first elected President in 16 years. But nearly twelve months after he took his oath of office to begin a five-year term, Nicolas Ardito Barletta, 47, a former World Bank vice president, had had enough. In a nationwide television address late last week, Barletta complained that forces within his governing coalition and in Panama's powerful, 15,000-member National Defense Forces "consider that they can no longer work with my presidency." With that, he announced that he was resigning. He was succeeded by First Vice President Eric Arturo Delvalle, a businessman with little political experience...
...Barletta's tenure had never been easy. His narrow election victory in May 1984 over Populist Arnulfo Arias Madrid was marred by accusations of fraud at the ballot box. Critics also habitually charged that Barletta was manipulated by the strong-willed commander of Panama's Defense Forces, General Manuel Antonio Noriega. Last May, Barletta had to replace his entire 13-member Cabinet after the ministers resigned under pressure from restive members of his own coalition. In explaining his sudden resignation, Barletta said, "I wish to make a contribution to the keeping of peace in our country...
...ground near a group of missile silos or a city and fire electron beams at incoming "physics packages" (a remarkably polite euphemism for atomic warheads) as they re-enter the atmosphere. The beams, however, are hard to aim and control. Not to mention the price tag: Researcher Bill Barletta figures this one small part of a defensive system might cost $20 billion. Says he: "If we can't do it for that price, we shouldn't bother proposing...
...Vice-President Bush calls unpopular dictator Marcos a "friend of democracy," and we continue to give the autocratic regime military aid with which it tortures civilian leaders in complete disregard of human rights and other freedoms we stand for. In Panama, this summer the military-backed dictator Nicholas. A. Barletta was declared president in a very questionable election, and President Reagan congratulated the "victor...