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Washington is souring on the government it helped install in Panama 11 months ago. The chief source of unhappiness is the refusal of President Guillermo Endara's administration to sign a treaty that would, among other things, allow American investigators to look into secret bank accounts. Without such scrutiny, U.S. officials maintain, Panama will remain what it was under Manuel Noriega: a prime money-laundering center for drug cartels. And President Endara's problems extend well beyond the disapproval of his American benefactors. Some of his own colleagues complain about the influence exerted on Endara, 54, by his bride...
Eight months after Operation Just Cause sent U.S. troops into Panama to overthrow General Manuel Noriega, the government of President Guillermo Endara seemed to be on the verge of imploding. A wave of murders, muggings and robberies spread through Panama City last week, while the quibbling among Endara and his two Vice Presidents reached new levels...
Although the former ruler is legally entitled to communicate with the outside world, U.S. officials contend that he is intimidating witnesses who may be called to testify against him and is urging followers to harass the U.S.-backed government of President Guillermo Endara. "He's saying such things as our case against him is weak and that he will return once he gets off," says a Bush Administration official. "That scares an awful lot of people. He's also running a faction of the opposition, and his objective is to provoke as much instability as he can. Obviously, that...
...Endara government believes that Noriega may have gone beyond talk. Last month the three-year-old grandson of onetime Noriega crony Marcos Justines was kidnaped and killed. In charge of military finances for the Noriega regime, Justines is jailed in Panama City, charged with stealing $47 million from the National Bank and $33 million from safe-deposit boxes on Dec. 20, the day the U.S. invaded Panama. There have been unconfirmed reports that he has agreed to testify against his former boss. Late last month Panamanian authorities arrested two Noriega loyalists suspected of having planned the kidnaping. Says a Justice...
Even so, as Bush told Panamanian President Guillermo Endara at the White House last week, the delay had been "embarrassing." More than embarrassing, the delay could be dangerous too. In Panama City knots of protesters already gather daily outside the presidential palace to decry the lack of action on the economy. One placard told Endara and associates that YOU'VE BETRAYED...