Word: panama
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Panama's Strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega supplies Nicaragua with intelligence reports on U.S. military movements in the region...
Miranda also detailed instances of alleged double-dealing by Noriega. He charged that the Panamanian general regularly informs Nicaragua's Chief of Army Intelligence Major Ricardo Wheelock of military movements involving the U.S. Southern Command in Panama, which is the U.S. military headquarters for Latin America. Miranda charged that last August, as relations between the Reagan Administration and Noriega soured, the Panamanian told Wheelock that he wanted to send arms through Nicaragua to the Salvadoran rebels. Miranda claimed that top Sandinistas approved the scheme, but he does not know if the shipment took place...
...conference also called for a ceiling on the repayment of Latin America's $400 billion foreign debt -- much of it owed to U.S. banks. For all the tough talk, however, the meeting accomplished little. The eight countries at Acapulco -- Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela -- have no means of imposing their views on the other OAS members. Still, the likelihood of an increasing regional assertiveness at odds with U.S. policies and interests brought little comfort to Washington...
Given the closer collaboration between Swiss and U.S. officials, more American criminals are likely to switch to such havens as Luxembourg, Austria, Panama and Hong Kong. Says Richard Stricof, a tax expert with Manhattan's Seidman & Seidman accounting firm: "If I were doing something that I didn't want federal authorities to know about, I would pick a place that was inconspicuous. Switzerland...
...Nugan and Michael Hand founded the banking house in Sydney, Austrailia. By the time of Nugan's death seven years later, the concern was responsible for more than $1 billion and had opened offices in Hong Kong, the Cayman Islands, the Philippines, Hawaii, Panama, Saudi Arabia and Thailand. Customers included the United States Government, Wing On Bank, and the Bank of Austrlia-New Zealand...