Word: frauds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...THESE people are absolutely shameless!" exclaimed Gerald Ford on Monday, denouncing Panama's election fraud. General Noriega's security forces have publicly torn ballots, closed voting areas and even beaten opposition candidates...
...decision to abrogate the Panama Canal treaty would not only outrage all of Latin America, but also remove any lingering doubts about our rightful presence in the Canal. Panama's election fraud will be used as a justification for the breaking of our own laws...
...Election fraud is cause for condemnation and potential military action in Panama, but is ignored in countries which, for our own strategic interests, continue to enjoy our military aid. In Uruguay, for example, government threats scare voters from approving investigations of human rights abuses under the military regime of the 1970s; in El Salvador, soldiers drive peasant voters to the polls at gunpoint...
WASHINGTON--President Bush said yesterday that Panama's presidential election was marred by fraud and irregularities and called on military ruler Manuel Antonio Noriega to "heed the call of the people" and relinquish power...
...ensure Duque's triumph -- and how U.S. officials and irate Panamanians will react when the tainted returns trickle in. The Bush Administration is betting that the cocky Noriega will trip on his own blind determination. As Washington sketchs it, Noriega's supporters will resort to such blatant electoral fraud that Panamanians will take to the streets in furious protest, sparking a brutish response from the Panama Defense Forces. The international outcry will deepen Panama's diplomatic isolation, and eventually the economic and political erosion will reach such dire proportions that the military will abandon Noriega. And then...