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The 1989 Panamanian coup d'état attempt was a failed coup d'état which occurred in Panama City on 3 October. The attempt was led by Major Moisés Giroldi , supported by a group of officers who had returned from a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Namibia . [ 1 ]
The United States invaded Panama in mid-December 1989 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush.The stated 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.
Moisés Giroldi Vera (May 9, 1950 – October 4, 1989) was a Panamanian military commander noted for his coup attempt against military leader Manuel Noriega in 1989. Giroldi was executed in the military barracks in San Miguelito after the coup was suppressed.
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 politician and military officer who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989.
Operation Acid Gambit took place as an opening action of the United States invasion of Panama, on 20 December 1989.It was a U.S. Delta Force operation that retrieved Kurt Muse, an American expatriate living in Panama who had been arrested for leading a plot with other Panamanians to overthrow the government of Panama, from the Cárcel Modelo, a notorious prison in Panama City.
Insurgency of the Contras, with clandestine support from Panamanian military government under Manuel Noriega from 1981-87 [5] FSLN junta led by Daniel Ortega take power of Nicaragua in 1981 [6] Electoral victory of FSLN in 1984; Electoral victory of the National Opposition Union in 1990; United States Invasion of Panama (1989–1990) Panama ...
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1951 Panamanian coup d'état: In a second coup, Arnulfo Arias was overthrown following a popular uprising supported by Panama's National Guard. [ 37 ] Manhattan Rebellion in Thailand: A coup attempt by officers of the Royal Thai Navy against the government of Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram failed on 29–30 June.