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Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (/ m ɑː n ˈ w ɛ l ˌ n ɔːr i ˈ eɪ ɡ ə / ⓘ mahn-WEL NOR-ee-AY-gə, Spanish: [maˈnwel noˈɾjeɣa]; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian politician and military officer who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. He never actually served as president of Panama, instead ruling ...
May 25, 2024 · Manuel Noriega (born February 11, 1934?, Panama City, Panama—died May 29, 2017, Panama City) was a Panamanian military leader, commander of the Panamanian Defense Forces (1983–89), who, for the years of his command, was the actual power behind the civilian president.
Aug 28, 2019 · Manuel Noriega was a Panamanian general and dictator who ruled the Central American nation from 1983 to 1990. Like other Latin American authoritarian leaders, he was initially supported by the U.S., but then fell out of favor because of his drug smuggling and money laundering activities.
Dec 11, 2011 · Panama's former military strongman Genl Manuel Noriega was once a key US ally in Central America but his dramatic fall from grace led to more than two decades in prison in the US and France.
May 30, 2017 · Manuel Antonio Noriega, the brash former dictator of Panama and sometime ally of the United States whose ties to drug trafficking led to his ouster in 1989 in what was then the largest American...
May 30, 2017 · Manuel Noriega was an opportunist who used his close relationship with the United States to boost his own power in Panama and to cover the illegal activities for which he was...
May 30, 2017 · General Manuel Antonio Noriega, the former military leader of Panama, has died aged 83, officials have announced. Noriega recently underwent an operation after suffering a haemorrhage following...
May 30, 2017 · PANAMA CITY (AP) — Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, a onetime U.S. ally who was ousted by an American invasion in 1989, died late Monday at age 83. Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela wrote in his Twitter account that “the death of Manuel A. Noriega closes a chapter in our history.”
May 30, 2017 · General Manuel Antonio Noriega, who went from being a CIA informant to leading a nation and becoming a target of the U.S., has died. Noriega was ousted from power in 1989.
May 30, 2017 · Gen. Manuel Noriega, the Panamanian strongman and onetime American ally who was toppled from power in a 1989 U.S. invasion and who spent more than two decades imprisoned on drug dealing and ...
