Word: panama
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...were not real buddy- buddy," says his sister Mildred Nation. "We minded our own business." Winning a commission in the Army in 1931, Doole learned how to fly airplanes. He later became a pilot for Pan Am, at first flying old Ford Tri-motors on the Guatemala-to-Panama run. Along about 1953--no one seems quite sure when --Doole made an unusual career move. He went to work for the Central Intelligence Agency...
Doole would appear from time to time at CIA bases from Vientiane to Panama City, but he stayed aloof from the pilots, many of whom regarded him as a bit of a snob. "I never saw the man without a tie on," scoffs one. Doole played bridge, flew airplanes and did business deals the same way: slowly and deliberately. "The Chinese liked to negotiate with him," recalls a former CIA official. "He was polite; he never showed any excitement. But he was tough...
...governments of Latin America are by and large willing to let Nicaragua have its revolution. They are more interested in negotiating safeguards designed to keep Nicaragua from spreading insurrection to their countries, in short, a policy of containment. In 1984 the so-called Contadora group --Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Panama--got Nicaragua to agree to a proposal to reduce the size of its army and expel foreign advisers. The U.S. balked at the proposal, however, because it set no timetables for the departure of Nicaragua's Cuban advisers, offered no means of verification and did not address internal reforms...
...wily former President. Last week Washington attempted to strike an artful balance between the competing interests. While the Justice Department intervened in federal court to help secure release of the documents, the State Department was busy trying, unsuccessfully as it turned out, to negotiate a safe haven in Panama for Marcos, who was reportedly fearful of being subpoenaed for congressional hearings or brought to trial in U.S. courts...
...reasons. Then, late in the week, Panamanian President Eric Arturo Delvalle also refused to take the homeless leader, after his safe haven there seemed virtually guaranteed. Delvalle apparently made the decision in response to critics who said the issue was a "banana peel" that could jeopardize the stability of Panama. The unexpected move leaves the Reagan Administration in an increasingly uncomfortable position. Said one weary State Department official: "It looks like we're stuck with him." That may be premature. This week the U.S. will press ahead in its search for a home for the former President turned persona...