Word: beene
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The United States has been trying to oust Noriega, the Defense Forces chief who controls the government, for nearly two years. However, officials in Washington said they were not responsible for the attempted coup and U.S. troops were not involved.
Had she accepted the post, McKay would have been the only tenured Black woman in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
"I was disappointed, but not surprised" at McKay's decision, said Blight, a personal friend of McKay's. "It would have been a big boost for the department."
"We want to underline that the situation in the country has been duly controlled to guarantee the peace and tranquility that the state should assure for its citizens," said a statement released by Justice and Interior Minister Olmedo Miranda.
Panama's provisional president, Francisco Rodriguez, speaking to the U.N. General Assembly in New York, said an attempted coup against his government had been crushed.