Word: panama
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this guideline, Gen. Manuel "Pineapple" Noriega, the thief-king of Panama, is not an honest politician. True, he is many things besides. He is a drug-dealer, murderer, petty tyrant, arms dealer, money launderer, and thief. All and all, an unsavory character. Not a strong candidate for canonization...
...what's a little smack? What harm can come from a few arms shipments to Communist rebels?" Reagan must have said to himself during all those years twixt then and now as he let Noriega carry on his entrepreneurial ventures. Noriega was our man in Panama; for years the CIA had considered him as one of their very own secret agents. So even if Noriega wasn't a particulary nice...
...scene was a bizarre blend of whimsy, fashion and rage. As antigovernment protesters gathered on the Via Espana in downtown Panama City last week, some of the women sported designer sunglasses and diamond-stud earrings to go with their smart dresses and slacks. Clapping in rhythm, the middle-class crowd jeered, "Down with Noriega! Get out, and let us eat!" When passing motorists blared their horns in approval, riot police poured from trucks bearing the painted image of Doberman attack dogs. Then from the side of the road rolled a truck hauling two water cannons inexplicably emblazoned with powder-blue...
...Southern Command statement in Panama City said the four were members of a military police detachment checking on the "security of dependent families" living in the area in which they were detained...
...military dependents, like everyone else in Panama, have been without lights and water for extended periods because of the recent strikes...