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...bank reopening is the latest sign that the Reagan Administration's effort to oust Noriega by applying economic pressure is failing to work as planned. The U.S. sanctions imposed last March included a freeze on $50 million in Panamanian bank accounts in the U.S. and suspension of trade preferences on $96 million in annual commerce between the two countries. The moves were expected to paralyze Panama's economy and spark internal pressure for Noriega's departure. But Panamanians are learning to cope with the cash shortage, and the U.S. sanctions may be causing only longer-term damage to Panama...
WASHINGTON--President Reagan refused to say yesterday whether he had approved the dropping of drug charges against Panamanian ruler Manuel Antonio Noriega and defended embattled Attorney General Edwin Meese III, saying his longtime friend would live "under this cloud" if he resigned...
...Reagan has turned on Noriega, but can't manage to dislodge him from Panama. While the Reagan administration has refused to move decisively to oust Noriega, it has imposed economic sanctions supposedly aimed at punishing him which have in reality punished the Panamanian citizenry. Chaos reigns in Panama...
RUBEN BLADES: NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (Elektra). The Panamanian sensation's first all-English album is a stone dazzler. A bold, totally successful mix of Latin pop, jazz, rock, doo-wop and unflung street passion...
...Missile Crisis, represent some of the few postwar foreign policy successes of the United States. Despite the continued regional difficulties, a rejection of the canal treaty, which Reagan backed, would have inflamed Latin American nationalism and anti-American sentiment even more. And General Omar Torrijos, the head of the Panamanian government, said he would have destroyed the canal if the treaty were rejected--which would have eliminated a vital strategic and economic asset. Despite the continued strife in the Middle East, at least on one front, Israel has much less to worry about. Outside of the INF treaty, what like...