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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) [a] was a Panamanian dictator and military officer who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989.
The United States invaded Panama in mid-December 1989 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush.The purpose of the invasion was to depose the de facto ruler of Panama, General Manuel Noriega, who was wanted by U.S. authorities for racketeering and drug trafficking.
Operation Nifty Package was a United States Delta Force and Navy SEAL-operated plan conducted in 1989 designed to capture Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega.When Noriega took refuge in the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See (diplomatic quarter), deafening music and other psychological warfare tactics were used to convince him to exit and surrender himself.
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who spied for the U.S. before his drug trafficking triggered a U.S. invasion to oust him in 1989, has died at 83.
The rebels debated delivering Noriega into American hands. This gave Noriega a window of opportunity which he used to telephone for help. [4] Though U.S. troops did block off two roads in the Canal Zone, Noriega loyalists used Tocumen airport to by-pass this and move in troops by air. [4] Their counter-attack led to the rebels surrendering. [7]
Increasing tensions between Manuel Noriega's dictatorship and the US government led to the United States invasion of Panama in 1989, which ended in Noriega's overthrow. [60] The United States invasion of Panama can be seen as a rare example of democratization by foreign-imposed regime change, which was effective long-term. [61]
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The film also argued that the true purpose of the invasion was to prevent the then-scheduled retrocession of the Panama Canal Zone to Panama as agreed in the Torrijos–Carter Treaties, rather than the stated justification of removing Manuel Noriega from power due to his indictment in U.S. courts on racketeering and drugs trafficking charges ...