Word: noriega
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...anti- Americanism that has been an obstacle to U.S. policy in Latin America. But he paid a heavy price at home. The "giveaway" increased Carter's vulnerability on the right and softened him up for his eventual defeat in 1980. Last year's feckless attempt to oust Manuel Antonio Noriega turned into one of the fiascoes of the Reagan Administration...
...George Bush's turn. So far, he has made the best of a bad situation. After Noriega stole the Panamanian election, Bush consulted regional leaders and downplayed the threat of military intervention. The result has been the isolation of Noriega and the reassurance of other Latin Americans about U.S. methods and intentions. Last week the Organization of American States passed a resolution holding Noriega responsible for "abuses" and called on him to surrender power...
...when Bush found himself in his first foreign policy crisis, the threat had nothing to do with the Soviet Union or its minions. The Monroe Doctrine, which proclaims the U.S.'s determination to keep the real imperialists from Europe out of the Western hemisphere, is irrelevant. Noriega is Uncle Sam's creature as well as his nemesis. Some Administration officials made a brief, silly attempt last week to blame the Kremlin for exploiting the trouble. Their only evidence: TASS, standing the story on its head, reported out of Panama that Noriega's opponents had cheated at the polls and fomented...
...COVER: Noriega brazenly steals an election, mugging its winners and provoking a quick U.S. reaction...
...brutish exercise of revenge, the Panamanian leader tries to install his handpicked President while his goons beat the real victors. Calling Noriega "a gangster," George Bush sends in more troops and debates his next step. -- With the canal's importance to the U.S. diminishing, Washington finds itself in a battle as much to save its prestige as to restore stability to Panama...