Word: chiriqui
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...Christmas Eve, most of Noriega's entourage had melted away. The dictator was exhausted by the chase and depressed by the defection of one of his top lieutenants, Luis del Cid, who surrendered to U.S. forces in the western province of Chiriqui rather than organize a resistance. Noriega, accompanied by two bodyguards, drove to a Dairy Queen ice-cream store in Paitilla, a commercial neighborhood of Panama City. He dialed the nunciature's number and spoke to Monsignor Laboa. As a non-American diplomat who has been in touch with Laboa paraphrased the conversation, Noriega requested sanctuary. On what grounds...
...gambling and other rackets that Noriega controlled. Should the dictator be forced into exile, he would have to leave his $600,000 Panama City mansion -- "hung with nearly 50 valuable oil paintings," according to the U.S. State Department -- his chalet in Rio Hato and his 60-acre retreat in Chiriqui province. But he might be able to enjoy some other holdings: luxury apartments in Paris and the Dominican Republic, a Boeing 727, three Learjets and yachts named Macho I, Macho II and Macho...
...deaths, the figure was 23. Noriega's irregular Dignity Battalions raised more havoc than expected with sniper fire and hit-and-run attacks in Panama City streets. But when Lieut. Colonel Luis del Cid, Manuel Noriega's most trusted military aide, waved a white flag over his fortress in Chiriqui province and Noriega deserted his fighters to save his skin, resistance faded...
...officers decided to strike first. The co-leaders of the coup were Lieut. Colonel Omar Torrijos, the Guard's executive officer, who had been ordered to leave Panama, and Major Boris Martinez, who is the commander of Chiriqui province military zone. At their bidding one evening last week, their brother officers quietly dispatched units from the 3,900-man force to shoo civilians off the streets of the country's two main cities, Panama City and Colón, seize the radio stations and close the international airport. Arias, 67, who is experienced in such matters, at once...
...People. Thwarted and embittered, Arnulfo Arias immediately cried theft, claimed that the government had stolen the victory. His supporters charged that in several rural precincts, Arias ballots failed to arrive in time for anyone to vote for him. In Chiriqui province, a man wearing the uniform of Panama's National Guard reportedly scared away Indian voters with pistol shots in the air. Arias' lawyers are also investigating the voting in two provinces where government figures are said to show that Arias failed to win a single precinct...