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...punish Iraq by destroying its economy. They have pledged to force Saddam to withdraw from Kuwait. It is impossible for anyone on either side of the debate to prove that slow deterioration, no matter how prolonged, will accomplish that objective. As the U.S. learned recently in its dealings with Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega, even wide-ranging sanctions may not coerce a conscienceless dictator...
First, there's the matter of drugs. In August 1990 the New York Times reported that according to Panamanian pilots and dockworkers, the cocaine traffic was back to preinvasion levels and, if anything, "more open and abundant than before." American officials believe that the Panamanian banking industry still serves as a Laundromat for the hemisphere's cocaine profits, but the U.S.-installed government of Guillermo Endara is resisting a pact that would help catch drug-money depositors...
Canned Pineapple One year after his capture was hailed as a major victory in the drug war, Manuel Noriega sat in a Miami jail while his lawyers haggled with the government over the size of their legal fees and the issue of whether the former Panamanian dictator can get a fair trial...
...Medellin cartel to surrender under the terms of a decree announced by President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo last week. Ochoa is wanted in the U.S. for masterminding the 1986 slaying of federal witness Adler (Barry) Seal in Baton Rouge, La. He is also linked to drug-trafficking activities with former Panamanian leader Manuel Antonio Noriega...
While the great majority of the 12,000-man Panamanian police force remained loyal to their President, the fact that Endara did not rely on them to put down the rebellion is a sign of serious political weakness. The Herrera episode was also a setback for U.S. interests in Panama, if only because the American show of force was bound to irritate wounds from last year's invasion that have yet to heal. The U.S. still has 10,000 troops stationed in Panama, but that is a substantial reduction from the 24,000 present right after the invasion...