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...last Friday's demonstration against his rule, General Manuel Antonio Noriega sat down to respond in writing to questions submitted by TIME Correspondent John Moody. It was the first interview he had granted to a U.S. news organization since the recent outbreak of unrest. Excerpts...
...whether the Attorney General will be able to investigate Noriega fully. If it were not for Latin American strongmen, civil or military, we would be speaking English from the Rio Grande to Patagonia. We have been investigated like all Latin American public figures by the agencies of the most powerful country in the world, and there has not been a shred of evidence against us. If there had been any, I would not be here. Therefore the Attorney General can call anyone he wants to present evidence...
...week long, while his rebellious country simmered, General Manuel Antonio Noriega, the besieged ruler of Panama, calmly went about preparing for the wedding of one of his three daughters, Sandra. In a Latin equivalent of the royal wedding, she was to marry the son of a general of the Dominican Republic at a lavish Sunday ceremony. The wedding, however, did not come off as planned. Instead, Sandra was married without fanfare at midweek, evidently to avoid the demonstrations that have become an almost daily feature of life in Panama City, the country's steamy capital...
...hastily rearranged nuptials seemed to sum up the frustrations and fears that have dominated Panama for weeks. The current unrest began last month, when charges of corruption were publicly leveled against Noriega by his former second in command. First, in response to a wave of antigovernment protesters, authorities imposed a 19-day state of emergency, which was lifted two weeks ago. Next, riot police were sent into the streets to stop opposition forces from mounting regular protest rallies. Last week the government unleashed its latest weapon in the fight to keep Panama from boiling over: a presidential decree that prohibits...
Only three days after the ban, thousands of Panamanians defiantly took to the streets of the capital. Their demand: dump General Noriega, who is not only the country's military commander but its de facto dictator. The government responded with determination. As helicopters monitored events from ! above, hundreds of riot police fanned out through the streets, controlling the crowds with nightsticks, tear gas and volleys of bird shot. Several people were hurt, none of them seriously. As the government digested the latest threat to its authority, concern was growing in Washington that one of the closest U.S. allies...