Word: panama
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--President Reagan yesterday invoked a sweeping economic-sanctions law against Panama in a renewed effort to force military strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega to surrender his hold on the Central American country...
...Southern Command, with its headquarters near Panama City, had about 600 security people among its 10,000 personnel before the Reagan Administration stepped up its campaign to oust Noriega early last month...
...March, the Pentagon sent 670 more security personnel to Panama to help protect military facilities...
...primary task of all U.S. personnel in Panama is to safeguard the canal until it is handed over by treaty to the Panamanian government...
About 13,000 military dependents also live in Panama, along with 1300 U.S. employees of the Panama Canal Commission and their 2600 dependants...