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The article focuses on the reports that cocaine was found hidden in a freezer in Manual Noriega's house. There has been an admission by the Pentagon that the substance in question was not cocaine, but tamales wrapped in banana leaves. According to the author, American virtue and innocence in an ugly world has been the sustaining narrative of the Panama invasion, and it is now used as a defense in the tamale episode. This incident may be the first sign that the pulp fiction demonology of the Panama invasion is unraveling.

Focuses on the political conditions in Panama. Demonstration organized to commemorate the second anniversary of the decapitation of Hugo Spadafora, who had accused General Manuel Antonio Noriega of drug trafficking and was last seen alive in the custody of the Panamanian Defense Force (PDF), which Noriega controls; Announcement made by Colonel Roberto Díaz Herrera, the second most important man in the PDF, about the crimes committed by the PDF under the leadership of Noriega; Overview of the atrocities committed by the regime of Noriega against the protesters.

Provides background information on the relationship between the United States intelligence community and deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, dating back to 1960, and how it changed over the years as concern grew over Noriega's actions. INSET: She who must be obeyed (Noriega's problems with his wife).;A....

Covers the surrender of Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega to United States military authorities in Panama City, and the preparations of the Bush Administration for Noriega's trial on drug charges. Legal maneuvering; Differing views; Indictments; Defense ploys. INSET: The Bush-Noriega relationship, by R. Parry & D. Waller..

Describes the United States' invasion of Panama, known as Operation Just Cause, which was supposed to be a massive and quick attack to oust dictator Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega by destroying the Panama Defense Forces (PDF). Noriega went into hiding and Guillermo Endara was sworn in as Panama's leader. INSET: The Panama blitz.;Seizing the stick from Noriega's hands....

The sordid story of how Panama's outlaw dictator, General Manuel Antonio Noriega, sold his country to the highest bidders. His early life, army career, cocaine trafficking, his aid to the US as well as Communist countries, and the indictments against him.

The 1989 invasion of Panama and the capture of military officer Manuel Noriega marked a bizarre moment between the end of cold war "Realpolitik" and the beginning of new-world-order fantasy. Other U.S. interventions during the Ronald Reagan/George Bush years were devised to roll back what might be perceived-even at an aching stretch-as Soviet power in foreign lands. Noriega's contacts with U.S. intelligence services and the military go back many decades and cover so many conspiracies, scandals, covert actions and unsolved mysteries that only a satirist's eye could make the story credible.

In this article the author focuses on the legal battle between Manuel Noriega, General of Panama and the U.S. According to the author the trial is a fascinating affair, its torpor regularly punctured by riveting revelations and arresting asides. The trial is not only Noriega but also the American legal system. It provides an excellent look at the ideology of the U.S. administration's war on drug, and shows why it is bankrupt. To make its case, the government has called on an unsavory array of bagmen, drug pilots and con artists.

The article discusses December which 20 marks the 30th anniversary of Operation Just Cause, the American liberation of Panama from General Manuel Antonio Noriega's dictatorial rule. It mentions that brief campaign also flagged recurrent issues the U.S. Army would face as it emerged into a post-Cold War world. It reveals proliferation of American citizens within prospective areas of military operations.

The article presents the accounts of several active-duty and retired members of the U.S. Foreign Service. Topics include U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia from October 2004 to February 2007, B. Lynn Pascoe's work in Aceh, Indonesia after the tsunami in 2004, Foreign Service public affairs officer (PAO), Jason H. Green's work in Africa and James Creagan's work at the Vatican City in 1989 regarding asylum given to Panama's strongman, General Manuel Noriega.

The article offers information on General Manuel Antonio Noriega, former politician and military officer in Panama. Topics mentioned include his imprisonment in Miami, Florida, his friendship with the U.S. government, and the foreign relations of Panama and the U.S. Also mentioned are the allegation of political corruption against Noriega and the U.S. military invasion in Panama.

Outlines some of the ways investigators have found that enabled onetime Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega to loot Panama. Running Panama as a syndicate, not as a nation; Charges for visas; Buying loyalty; Nationwide shakedown; Legal progress in rooting out truths concerning the general's past. INSET: A look inside the empire a dictator built for himself.;A rich....

Analyzes the US governments' prospects of proving that former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was a drug trafficker. Case against Noriega; Key factors in Noriega's defense. INSET: Charges the general faces.;How Noriega was forced out..

This article focuses on the book "Divorcing the Dictator: America's Bungled Affair With Noriega," by Frederick Kempe and "Our Man in Panama: How General Noriega Used the United States--and Made Millions in Drugs and Arms," by John Dinges. The U.S. military intervention in Panama and General Manuel Noriega's manacled flight to Miami in January have like-wise worked wonders for George Bush. They have enabled the U.S. government to exorcise the claims that its foreign policy was uncertain and that the U.S. President and his Secretary of State were incapable of taking risks. Both Kempe and Dinges serve up well-argued indictments of America's misguided policy in Panama.

The article focuses on U.S. Vice President George Bush's drug problem. Bush's drug problem is drug trafficker Manuel Antonio Noriega. Bush says that he wasn't convinced Noriega was a drug trafficker until February 1988, when Noriega was indicted in Tampa and Miami on such charges. Bush is among the most knowledgeable and experienced public officials in the field of drug enforcement. In 1976, he directed the Central intelligence Agency. In 1982, as Vice President, he was named head of the South Florida Task Force, which coordinated the antidrug operations of several local, state and Federal law-enforcement agencies. Bush's drug problem is that the door between covert U.S. national security operations and the drug trafficking business was and is still wide open.

The Administration's campaign to bring down General Manuel Noriega has a built in boomerang, Jose Blandon, the former adviser to the Panamanian strongman, who is now a central witness for federal agents in their narcotics case against Noriega. Blandon, who testified on Capitol Hill last week, has credibly maintained that Noriega has overseen an empire of drug trafficking, weapons dealing, money laundering and corruption that would put politician Ferdinand Marcos to shame. CIA had a partner in its war against Nicaragua.

The article discusses social and political conditions in Panama following the recent U.S. invasion. Among the most recent robberies in the country was the attack by seven heavily armed men on a Swiss restaurant. On the other hand, some citizens in Panama dispute the outcome of a recent Gallup Poll manifesting that 89 percent of their countrymen support the U.S. invasion. Lastly, nationalists in the country are unable to rally around the unpopular figure of U.S. military general Manuel A. Noriega.

Discusses the special circumstances that justified U.S. President George Bush's decision to invade Panama. Particular danger that Panama President Manuel Noriega was posing to Americans; Treaties requiring the Panama Canal to be turned over to Panamian authority; Role of the U.S. in inadvertently putting Noriega on the road to power; Despotism of the Noriega regime; Questions of what to do with Noriega; Panamanian justice system; Issue of sovereignty.

Presents information regarding the relationship of U.S. President Ronald Reagan led U.S. government with the drug kingpin, General Manuel Antonio Noriega, ruler of Panama. Allegation that one of the U.S. Vice-President George Bush's senior campaign advisers has been paid by the Panamanian government to bargain for Noriega; Role of Vice President George Bush in a drug operation in collaboration with the Medellin cocaine cartel; Indictments against Noriega.

Looks into the rumors of an imminent deal between the U.S. President Ronald Reagan administration and Manuel Antonio Noriega, general of Panama. Impact of delaying an arrangement that would liberate Panamanians from both Noriega and the U.S. economic stranglehold; Actions taken by the U.S. government to oust Noriega; Analysis of three options suggested by the author in dealing with the Panama issue; Choice between an unmitigated foreign policy disaster and a mitigated foreign policy disaster.

Explains why Panama's General Manuel Noriega is under fire from both the US and his country. Panama's middle class for Noriega's ouster because of charges of political murder, election fraud, drug trafficking and the selling of US secrets and technology to Cuba and Libya. See also (Time, 7/20/87, 5c, p36, 3p)

Reports that on Christmas Eve, General Manuel Antonio Noriega of Panama turned himself in to the Vatican Embassy in Panama City, ending five days on the run from American military forces. Standoff between Washington and the Roman Catholic church; Poor relations between Noriega and the Church; Countries refuse asylum; Panamanian stability needed. INSET: Inside the strongman's lair..

General Manuel Antonio Noriega has withstood 11 months of intense economic and diplomatic pressure from the US to get the Panamanian leader out of office, but it doesn't look like he'll leave soon. The Reagan Administration misjudged Noriega and missed many opportunities to act decisively and oust him. . See also (Time, 6/6/88, 8c, 1 map, p15, 2p) See also (US News, 6/6/88, 4c, p26, 3p)

Examines key controversies surrounding the television coverage and reporting of the court trial of drug smuggler, Manuel Noriega. Brief entertaining moments during the trial; Allegations of U.S. government officials' involvement in illicit drug trade; Witnesses and testimonies given out; Profile on the major witness, Carlos Lehder Rivas, a Colombian trafficker caught in the mass transportation of coke into the U.S.; Glimpses of a sensational defense that would claim Noriega had been a dupe; Decision by Noriega's lawyers to drop the guns-for-drugs argument.

Outlines the 12-count indictment that General Manuel Antonio Noriega, head of the Panama Defense Forces and `Maximum Leader' of his country, will face when his Miami, Fla. trial begins Sept. 3. Concern of civil libertarians and constitutional experts; Damage to American justice; Defense contention that Noriega has been an asset of government agencies for 20 years; Possible disclosure of embarrassing details about Noriega's ties to Washington. INSET: The flow goes on..

The article focuses on the role of special operations units in the U.S. invasion of Panama in December 1989, including the U.S. Air Force Special Tactics teams of combat controllers (CCTs) and pararescuemen (PJs) which were both part of the 1720th Special Tactics Group. The author explains that the U.S. was attempting to overthrow the military dictator Manuel Noriega, discusses the military planning of the invasion by U.S. General Maxwell R. Thurman, and analyzes the significance of aircraft used in the combat mission.