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    Manuel Noriega

    Panamanian head of state

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  1. Born in Panama City to a poor pardo family, Noriega studied at the Chorrillos Military School in Lima and at the School of the Americas. He became an officer in the Panamanian army, and rose through the ranks in alliance with Omar Torrijos. In 1968, Torrijos overthrew President Arnulfo Arias in a coup.

    • 1967–1990
  2. 4 days ago · Manuel Noriega (born February 11, 1938, 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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  4. Aug 28, 2019 · Noriega graduated with a degree in military engineering in 1962. Rise to Power. While a student in Lima, Noriega was recruited as an informant by the CIA, an arrangement that continued for many years. When Noriega returned to Panama in 1962, he became a lieutenant in the National Guard.

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  5. Manuel Antonio Noriega was born the son of an accountant and his maid in a poor section of Panama City, Panama, in 1934. At the age of five he was given up for adoption to a schoolteacher.

  6. Aug 19, 2013 · Read CNN’s Manuel Noriega Fast Facts and learn more about the life of the former dictator of Panama.

  7. 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.

  8. Manuel Antonio Noriega Morena was born on February 11, 1938, in Panama City, Panama. A member of a poor family of Colombian extraction, he received his training at Chorrillos Military School in Lima, Peru .

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