Word: refugee
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Laboa then stepped up the pressure. He told Noriega, quietly but forcefully, that no country would give him refuge. (That was not entirely accurate; Cuba might have been willing, but Washington had told the Vatican that sending him there would be unacceptable.) The monsignor pointed out that the troops surrounding...
Care for a used dictator, courtesy of the Vatican? Not if he is Manuel Antonio Noriega, replied leaders of Spain, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and perhaps other nations last week. None wanted any part of the busted Panamanian strongman, accused drug dealer and alleged black-magic practitioner. Only Cuba showed...
American troops and Rumanian tanks share a mission to depose two brutal dictators, but both leave behind the painful task of rebuilding a nation from the wreckage. -- Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena are summarily executed, and a self-appointed National Salvation Front takes charge of the country. But the...
Noriega surrendered Wednesday night to U.S. troops outside Panama City's Vatican Embassy 10 days after he took refuge there, and was flown into Homestead Air Force Base south of Miami under cover of night yesterday.
A church official said it was up to Noriega to decide when to leave the Vatican embassy, where he sought refuge Christmas Eve.