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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, military officer who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989.
- 1967–1990
May 10, 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.
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May 30, 2017 · May 30, 2017. Leer en español. 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...
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- Randal C. Archibold
May 30, 2017 · Manuel Noriega, the former Panamanian dictator and convicted drug trafficker who was once one of Central America’s most notorious military strongmen, has died, according to a tweet by Panama’s...
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- Bijan Hosseini,Joel Williams
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....
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Aug 28, 2019 · Rebecca Bodenheimer. Updated on August 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.
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.”
