Was on the CIA’s payroll for intelligence work. Abandoned by his parents at five, he was raised by his aunt, Mama Luisa. While in US custody, Noriega was afflicted with prostate cancer and suffered a ...

One decade before Panama reclaimed its canal, hell broke loose in the capital as General Manuel Noriega abused his power and imbued a regime contrary to the principles of democracy. Known as a drug ...

Nearly 36 years ago, the U.S. invaded Panama to dislodge its strongman, General Manuel Noriega. A force of 27,000 overcame Panamanian resistance in a matter of just two weeks. Noriega, transported to ...

In the three decades since the U.S. invasion that overthrew the dictatorship of General Manuel Noriega, Panama has undergone a remarkable transformation. It has remained a stable democracy in an age ...

(MENAFN- Newsroom Panama) It is a story Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro surely knows well. A Latin American strongman was in hiding, surrounded by U.S. troops, heavy metal blaring through the night.

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 U.S. military ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will defend Activision in court against a lawsuit filed by disgraced Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega over the “Call of Duty” franchise, ...

1968 - Lieutenant of the Panama National Guard. 1970-1983-Promoted to lieutenant colonel and chief of military intelligence. 1971 - At the request of the United States, travels to Cuba to help secure ...