It ruled that "the tendency of such evidence to confuse the issues before the jury substantially outweighed any probative value it might have had. [9] During his time in the socialist youth group, Noriega took part in protests and authored articles criticizing the U.S. presence in Panama. [163], In pre-trial proceedings, the government stated that Noriega had received $322,000 from the U.S. Army and the CIA. Noriega is survived by his wife, Felicidad Sieiro and three daughters Sandra, Thays and Lorena. [134], In March 1988, the U.S. government entered into negotiations with Noriega seeking his resignation. Operation Just Cause was the name given to the U.S. invasion of Panama in December 1989 for the purposes of removing General Manuel Noriega from power and extraditing him to the U.S. to face charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. . [41] Dinges writes that the U.S. government considered several options to move Noriega out of the drug trafficking business, including assassinating him, and linking him to a fictional plot against Torrijos. Children . "[1] The attitude of machismo that Noriega adopted has been described as a reaction to the persecution which his half-brother Luis faced as an openly homosexual man in Panama and Peru. [190][191] Noriega was extradited to Panama on December 11, 2011, and incarcerated at El Renacer prison to serve the sentences, totalling 60 years, that he had accumulated in absentia for crimes committed during his rule. [10] His commanding officer in Coln was Omar Torrijos, then a major in the National Guard. [161] The trial ended in April 1992, when Noriega was convicted on eight of the ten charges of drug trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering. Manuel Noriega married Felicidad Sieiro de Noriega in late 1960s and the couple had three daughters, namely, Sandra, Thays and Lorena. Noriega, who filed the suit while in prison for murder, claimed he was portrayed as "a kidnapper, murderer and enemy of the state". [1] On August 12, 1983, in keeping with Noriega's earlier deal with Paredes, Paredes handed over his position to Noriega, newly appointed a general, with the understanding that Noriega would allow him to stand for president. Noriega is dead at the age of 83. At the age of five he was given up for adoption to a schoolteacher. Felicidad Noriega, 46, and another . Noriega appealed his extradition because he claimed France would not honor his legal status as a prisoner of war. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); [17], Noriega graduated from Chorrillos in 1962 with a specialization in engineering. On 4 February 1989, the United States indicted Noriega on charges of laundering drug money, racketeering, and drug smuggling. His new superior officer Boris Martnez was a fervent anti-communist, and enforced strict discipline on Noriega. Flores was removed in a quiet coup on March 3, 1982. In October 1993 Noriega and two others were convicted of the murder of Spadafora by the court of the Third Judicial District, and sentenced to 20 years in prison. [101][102][103], Hugo Spadafora was a physician and political activist who had first clashed with Noriega when they were both members of Torrijos's government. Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (sinh ngy 11 thng 2 nm 1934, mt ngy 29 thng 5 nm 2017) l cu tng lnh v nh c ti qun s ca Panama t nm 1983 ti nm 1989.. Cuc xm lc Panama ca Hoa K nm 1989 lt ng khi quyn lc; ng b bt gi, b giam nh mt t binh chin tranh, v b gii v M. [89][90] In January 1991, federal prosecutors filed a financial report indicating that Noriega had received a total of $322,000 from the United States Army and the CIA over a 31-year period from 1955 to 1986. These cases had not reached a conclusion at the time of his death in 2017. [95] American Steven Kalish also began a large scale business selling drugs, laundering money and selling hardware to the Panamanian military for considerable profits with Noriega's assistance. The 76-year-old general, who ruled Panama from 1981 to 1989, was extradited to France from the United States on April 27 to face charges of laundering drug money. [26] In response, Torrijos and a few other officers led a coup against him, ousting him after an eleven-day presidency. He did not have a particular social or economic ideology, and used military nationalism to unify his supporters. Instead of dancing the two spent hours talking in the corner. Web His wifes name is Nancy Carell. Her extravagant shopping trips to Europe and her lording it over diplomats' wives became legendary. Noriega, nominally a Roman Catholic, was reported to have undergone a conversion to evangelical Christianity in May 1990, and was baptized in October 1992, while still in prison. [1] He was born in the neighborhood of El Terraplen de San Felipe. [10] He is reported to have begun his association with the U.S. intelligence services at this time, providing information about the activities of his comrades. Daz Herrera and Noriega became both friends and rivals for Torrijos's favor. MIAMI -- Manuel Noriega's wife has been arrested and charged with shoplifting buttons from clothing at a department store, Metro-Dade County police said Tuesday. Noriega and Sucre both received a 20-year sentence, the maximum penalty sought by the prosecutor. [171][172][173] While Noriega was in prison, he was visited regularly over two years by two evangelical Christian ministers, Clift Brannon and Rudy Hernandez. [22] He also took a course in psychological operations at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. His mother, whose family name was Moreno, died of tuberculosis when he was still a child, and Noriega was brought up by a godmother[1][4] in a one-room apartment in the slum area of Terrapln. [164], Before receiving his permanent prison assignment, Noriega was placed in the Federal Detention Center, Miami. Nos. [121] Daz Herrera retaliated by making public statements accusing Noriega of rigging the 1984 election, murdering Spadafora, and of trafficking in drugs, as well as of assassinating Torrijos with a bomb on his plane. Woodward and Hersh's reputations made certain that the stories were taken seriously. [136] Noriega was also prosecuted over the 1968 disappearances of Luis Antonio Quirs and Everett Clayton Kimble Guerra in Chiriqu, and the 1971 death of Heliodoro Portugal. On Dec. 20, 1989, Peter Mansbridge brings viewers up to speed on the events unfolding in Panama. Noriega took power for . Manuel had three children, Thays, Lorena and Sandra, with Felicidad Sieiro de Noriega. First Lieutenant Robert Paz of the United States Marine Corps was shot and killed in the incident. By the time of his removal he had come to be hated in the U.S., and the invasion was portrayed as an attempt to remove an evil man. [74] When the initial results showed Arias, who had the support of much of the opposition, on his way to a landslide victory, Noriega halted the count. [111] His decapitated body was later found wrapped in a United States Postal Service mail bag showing signs of brutal torture. [58] Florencio Flores Aguilar had inherited Torrijos position, but true power lay with the trio of Noriega, Daz Herrera, and Rubn Daro Paredes, who ranked just below him. [53], After the Nicaraguan Revolution was launched by the Sandinistas against U.S.-backed authoritarian ruler Anastasio Somoza Debayle in August 1978, Torrijos and Noriega initially supported the rebels, providing them with surplus National Guard equipment and allowing Panama to be used as a cover for arms shipments from Cuba to Nicaragua. [12][24] The CIA did not report this incident to either the National Security Agency or the U.S. Justice Department. [183], Noriega was extradited to France on April 26, 2010. Her husband's death at 83 marks the end of a chapter in the country's history. [78][79], Between 1981 and 1987 the relationship between Noriega and the U.S. grew considerably. [10] This image contrasted sharply with the impact of a mug shot which was taken of him after his capture, and became a symbol of his fall from power. The 77-year-old . [108][109][110], According to writers R. M. Koster and Guillermo Snchez, on an occasion when Spadafora was traveling by bus from Costa Rica to Panama, witnesses saw him being detained by the PDF after crossing the border. Around 3:30 p.m., Laboa's call finally reached the general. 1992-03-20 Manuel Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, present in Panama as an observer, denounced Noriega, saying the election had been "stolen", as did Archbishop of Panama Marcos G. Manuel Noriega, Panama's drug-running military dictator of the 1980s, was extradited back to his home country last night. [2][3][4] His date of birth is generally given as February 11, 1934, but is a matter of uncertainty. [46], Hersh reported unnamed U.S. officials as saying that Noriega had amassed a personal fortune in European banks as a result of his illegal activities, as well as owning two homes in Panama and one in France. Manuel began living with Luis, who introduced him to politics, including recruiting him into the Socialist Party's youth wing. Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was born in Panama City, into a relatively poor pardo, or mixed-race, family with Native Panamanian, African, and Spanish heritage. "That was enough," said the . [185] In addition, the court ordered the seizure of 2.3million (approximately U.S. $3.6million) that had long been frozen in Noriega's French bank accounts. [176], Noriega was tried in absentia in Panama for crimes committed during his rule. According to Frederick Kempes book Divorcing the Dictator: Americas Bungled Affair with Noriega Felicidad Sieiro came from a proud, middle-class clan of Basque extraction., According to Kempe, Felicidads family wasnt happy that their daughter of pure Basque breeding had chosen to marry Noriega described as a homely police man of dark and cratered skin and uncertain parentage., At the time Felicidad Sieiro worked as a local grade school teacher. Noriega is most famous for being a Panamanian general and dictator. [77] Noriega's rule became increasingly repressive,[27] even as the U.S. government of Ronald Reagan began relying on him in its covert efforts to undermine Nicaragua's Sandinista government. [13] They stated that the release of information was to rebut allegations from defense attorneys that Noriega had been paid "millions of dollars" from the CIA. Although the killing of the Marine was the ostensible reason for the invasion, the operation had been planned for months before his death. They are power-. During his tenure, he exiled 1,300 Panamanians whom he viewed as threats to the government. [178][179], In August 2007, a U.S. federal judge approved the French government's request to extradite Noriega to France after his release. [91] A 1990 book discussing Noriega's administration stated that he had sold thousands of Panamanian passports to the Cuban government for use by its intelligence services. [120] Furthermore, Noriega had made a deal with his deputy, to the effect that he would step down as military leader in 1987 and allow Daz Herrera to succeed him. It also declared Noriega "chief executive officer" of the government, formalizing a state of affairs that had existed for six years. [55] The U.S. discovered Noriega's role in supplying weapons, and though the episode proved embarrassing to the Carter administration in the U.S., no charges were brought against Noriega because the U.S. did not wish to anger a friendly government, and the issue was rendered moot by the Sandinista victory in 1979. The U.S. recognized Endara as the new president. [118], Daz Herrera considered using the uproar around Spadafora to seize power during a brief period that Noriega was traveling outside the country, but despite mobilizing some troops, eventually decided against following through with the coup, realizing he could not count on sufficient support. Panama's dictator, Manuel Noriega, surrendered to the invading U.S. military in 1989. He was later appointed as chief of . Official tallies the day after that, however, had Duque winning by a 21 margin. Noriega was a supporter of Torrijos, and was soon promoted to lieutenant colonel. Arias Caldern was protected by a couple of troops, but Endara and Ford were badly beaten. [45] The CIA valued him as an asset because he was willing to provide information about the Cuban government and later about the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. Noriega responded "And what does one do with a dog that has rabies? [12][13][28][44] Regular payments to him were stopped under the Carter administration, before being resumed and later stopped again under the administration of Ronald Reagan. After Torrijos died in a plane crash in 1981 Noriega emerged from the free-for-all with the mantle of commander of the combined Panamanian Defense Forces in 1983 and in doing so, assumed absolute power in all but official name. According to Dinges, by this point had left his undisciplined past behind him. Son- Not Known Daughters- Sandra, Thays, Lorena . [6] Both his parents were dead by the time he was five years old. In early 1990, Noriega biographer Frederick Kempe reported that the United States gave Noriega or his intelligence services annual payments in the range of $110,000 in 1976 increasing to $185,000 to $200,000 when he came to power during the Reagan administration. [184][185] The prosecutor in the case had sought a ten-year prison term. Though no assassination attempt was made, the other ploys may have been tried in the early 1970s, according to Dinges. [122] Noriega charged Daz Herrera with treason, and cracked down hard on the protesters. Soon after taking office he launched a purge of the National Guard, sending much of its general staff into "diplomatic exile" or retirement. Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (pronunie n spaniol: /manwel nojea/; n. 11 februarie 1934, Ciudad de Panam, Panama - d. 29 mai 2017, Ciudad de Panam, Panama) a fost un politician i militar panamez.A instaurat o Junt militar n Panama din 1983 pn n 1989, cnd a fost nlturat de la putere de trupele Statelor Unite n timpul invaziei n Panama. Reverso Context ofer traducere n context din englez n romn pentru "Senate, on", cu exemple: The Senate, on President's behalf, manages the organisation during the period between the general assemblies. By general agreement, Paredes was made leader until 1983, after which the military would work together to ensure his election as the president in the election scheduled for 1984. He also served as a conduit for illicit weapons, military equipment, and cash destined for U.S.-backed forces throughout Latin America. (AP Photo/Matias Recart, File) PANAMA CITY Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, a onetime . Sat, Feb 04, 2023 An Aug. 31, 1989, file photo of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega. [194] On January 23, 2017, he was released from prison and placed under house arrest to prepare for surgery that would remove the tumor. Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega's daughters Sandra (R) and Thais (L) wait prior to attend the first day of their father's trial at the Paris courthouse, on June 28, 2010. Noriega who died from complications of brain surgery in Panama, was married to Felicidad Sieiro with whom he fathered three daughters, Thays, Sandra and Lorena Noriega. [136], The French government had requested Noriega's extradition after he was convicted of money laundering in 1999. [130] The Alianza Democrtica de Oposicin Cvica (Democratic Alliance of Civic Opposition), an opposition coalition, nominated Guillermo Endara, a member of Arias' Panameista Party, and two other prominent oppositionists, Ricardo Arias Caldern and Guillermo Ford, as vice-presidential candidates. [27][128] The indictment accused him of "turning Panama into a shipping platform for South American cocaine that was destined for the U.S., and allowing drug proceeds to be hidden in Panamanian banks". Later in 2000, according to Panama America, Felicidad Sieiro de Noriega then 51, was said to have been convicted of money laundry in a France court. [50], During negotiations for the Panama Canal treaties, the U.S. government ordered its military intelligence to wiretap Panamanian officials. Inside was a leather-bound copy of the Soul Winner . [165] Information about Noriega's connections to the CIA, including his alleged contact with Bush, were kept out of the trial. Felicidad Noriega, accused of stealing 27 buttons from 10 high-fashion outfits at a Burdines department store, did not appear at the hearing and was out of the country with prosecutors . The school was located at the United States Army's Fort Gulick in the Panama Canal Zone. [83] Noriega had a working relationship with U.S. In 1988, he attempted to remove Manuel Noriega as head of the armed . [38], By the early 1970s, American law enforcement officials had reports of Noriega's possible involvement with narcotics trafficking. [186][187] After Noriega was imprisoned in France, Panama asked the French government to extradite Noriega so he could face trial for human rights violations in Panama. Before getting overthrown by the American government, Manuel Antonio Noriega was paid to spy for the CIA. A later investigation by the aircraft manufacturer stated it was an accident; Noriega's authority over the government investigation led to speculation about his involvement. He ruled over Panama from 1983 until 1989. [27][85], There are varying reports about how much Noriega was paid by United States sources. On Dec. 20, 1989, Operation Just Cause was launched, with more than . one held by Bilonick's wife, the other by the cartel's Salcedo. 1936 A Wife's Calvary Juez 1936 The Macabre Trunk Dr. Monroy - superintendente del hospital 1936 Judas . [19] Shortly afterward he returned to the School of the Americas for more training. April 27, 2010 / 1:07 PM / AP. Noriega was captured and flown to the U.S., where he was tried on the Miami indictment, convicted on most of the charges, and sentenced to 40 years in prison, ultimately serving 17 years after a reduction in his sentence for good behavior. The 83-year-old Noriega died in Panama City, his final stop on a 27-year-long tour of the world's prisons 17 of them in Miami after American troops toppled him in a brief but bloody . The U.S. had trained Noriega and used him as a CIA informant for decades, and he was an important ally in the covert "Contra" war against the Nicaraguan . In 1989 the U.S ousted him from power an in 1990 he was convicted in federal court. The report on the invasion was published December 21, 1989 in . "[164] One of the witnesses in the trial was Carlton, who had previously flown shipments of drugs for Noriega. Noriega began studying in Lima in 1958. [106] This included a lengthy conversation with Carlton in mid-1985 after his drug operations had collapsed due to conflicts over a missing shipment, and he had received negative publicity in the Panamanian press. Tyrants and Dictators - Manuel Noriega (MILITARY HISTORY DOCUMENTARY)Between them, they were responsible for countless atrocities and deaths. "[1], Noriega's authoritarian rule of Panama has been described as a dictatorship,[198][199][200][201] while Noriega himself has been referred to as a "strongman". [48] Kempe stated that the U.S. knew of Noriega's involvement in the bombings but decided to turn a blind eye toward them. His reign ended with the U.S. invasion of Panama in late 1989. . Noriega discovered this operation in early 1976, and instead of making it public, bribed the U.S. agents and bought the tapes himself; the incident came to be known as the "Singing Sergeants affair". Panama's ex-dictator Noriega died Monday, May 29, 2017, in a hospital in Panama City. [1] The Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear his appeal in January 2010, and in March declined a petition for a rehearing. [12][10] A $10.70 payment in 1955 was the first he received from the U.S.[13][14], Noriega intended to become a doctor, but was unable to secure a place in the University of Panama's medical school. [119] After Spadafora's murder the U.S. began to view Noriega as a liability rather than an asset, despite his ongoing support for U.S. interventions elsewhere. [160] The trial was delayed until September 1991 over whether Noriega could be tried after his detention as a prisoner of war, the admissibility of evidence and witnesses, and how to pay for Noriega's legal defense. He permitted and encouraged rumors that as Panama's chief of intelligence, he was in possession of negative information about everybody in the country. Also Read: Debbie Rowe Wiki: 4 Facts to Know about Michael Jackson's Ex-Wife Manuel Noriega's Rise to Power. [213][214], Noriega's mugshot after his surrender to U.S. forces. Reports have suggested that he continued to pass intelligence to the U.S. during this period, about the plantation workers' activities. [24] Later, as the de facto leader of Panama, Noriega maintained a close relationship with the School of the Americas, partly due to the school's presence in Panama. Instead, he asserted an iron grip as the country's de facto military head. The law also tripled the size of the military forces[68] Noriega's period in power saw significant capital flight from Panama; according to Kempe, this was at least in part because wealthy individuals worried their wealth would be seized by Noriega's administration. In 1987, however, Noriega went back on this agreement, announced he would be heading the military for the next five years, and assigned Daz Herrera to a diplomatic post. In 1968, Torrijos overthrew President Arnulfo Arias in a coup. [133][134] Noriega had initially planned to declare Duque the winner regardless of the actual result. He was an actor and director, known for Madrid en el ao 2000 (1925), El crimen del expreso (1939) and Alma de Dios (1923). In 2011 France extradited him to Panama, where he was incarcerated for crimes committed during his rule, for which he had been tried and convicted in absentia in the 1990s. Sep 1, 1991. [64] The Partido Revolucionario Democrtico (Democratic Revolutionary Party, PRD), which had been established by Torrijos and had strong support among military families, was used by Noriega as a political front for the PDF. [27][59], Noriega preferred to remain behind the scenes, rather than become president, and to avoid the public scrutiny that came with the post. [46] The wealth generated for the Panamanian military from drug-smuggling also helped stabilize the authoritarian government that it dominated. 7 Min Read. Gallego's body is reported to have been thrown from a helicopter into the sea. There, a visibly exhausted Noriega wearing a T-shirt, Bermuda shorts, and an oversized baseball cap jumped into the backseat of the Nunciature's car, and sunk low in his seat to avoid being seen on the short drive to the Nunciature. Journalist John Dinges has suggested that Torrijos sent Noriega to the school to help him "shape up" and live up to Torrijos's expectations. Gen. Manuel Noriega with supporters in Panama City's Chorrilo neighborhood on May 2, 1989. [23] The U.S. accepted Barletta's election, and signalled a willingness to cooperate with him, despite being aware of the flaws in the election process. government. [143], The invasion began with a bombing campaign that targeted Noriega's private vehicles, and the PDF headquarters located in Panama City. Noriega was convicted in absentia, but French law required a new trial after the subject of an in absentia sentence was apprehended. [115] Barletta, who was in New York City when Spadafora was murdered in September 1985, announced his intention to appoint an independent commission to investigate the murder. [9][10][11] Luis Noriega would later direct Panama's electoral tribunal. [150] Human Rights Watch described the reaction of the civilian population to the invasion as "generally sympathetic". 1991-09-16 US trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins. During . Eric Arturo Delvalle Cohen-Henrquez (2 February 1937 - 2 October 2015) was a Panamanian politician. [169][170] His cell was nicknamed "the presidential suite". The newspaper La Prensa, which remained independent and was frequently critical of Noriega, had its staff intimidated and its offices damaged; eventually, it too was forced to close. [162] On July 10, 1992, Noriega was sentenced to 40 years in prison. On 9 April 1992, he was convicted on 8 counts of drug smuggling and . Noriega had cleaned up his behavior by the time he met his wife, Felicidad Sieiro, in the late 1960s. [205], After Noriega's death, an article in The Atlantic compared him to Castro and Augusto Pinochet, stating that while Castro had been the nemesis of the U.S., and Pinochet had been its ally, Noriega had managed to be both. He also kept files on several officials within the military, the government, and the judiciary, allowing him to blackmail them later. Manuel Noriega, the Panamanian dictator who was ousted by a U.S. invasion, had been on the CIA payroll for many years. A California judge has dismissed former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega 's lawsuit against the creators of the "Call of Duty" video game franchise. [80] The emergence of internal conflicts in Nicaragua and El Salvador between 1979 and 1981 led the Reagan administration to look for allies in the region, including in Panama. [19] At the school Noriega participated in courses on infantry operations, counterintelligence, intelligence, and jungle warfare. [184] On July 7, 2010, Noriega was convicted by the 11th chamber of the Tribunal Correctionnel de Paris and sentenced to seven years in jail. He holed up at the Vatican Embassy, and gave up after being subjected to days of deafening music. [19] In 1966, Noriega was again involved in a violent incident, allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl and beating her brother. Noriega became intimately involved with their drug trafficking and money-laundering operations, and received considerable sums as protection money, bribes, or shared of profits. He died on August 12, 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico. 1992-02-03 Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in war on drugs". Officials from the Panamanian military were frequently given courses at the school free of charge. [125] Spadafora had also informed the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of some of his findings about Noriega's involvement in drug smuggling. [174][175] Noriega's prison sentence was reduced from 30 years to 17 years for good behavior: his sentence thus ended on September 9, 2007. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manuel Antonio NORIEGA, Defendant-Appellant. [136] Finally, Noriega received a third 20-year sentence in 1996 for his role in the death of nine military officers supporting Giroldi; the group had been executed in a hangar at the Albrook air base after the coup attempt, in an incident that came to be known as the massacre of Albrook. [13] Noriega insisted that he had in fact been paid close to $10,000,000, and that he should be allowed to testify about the work he had done for the U.S. government. But the war in Panama remains a cautionary tale about an American president who misled the country for political purposes. The year of Noriega's birth is generally given as 1934, but is a matter of uncertainty. actions. As a result, the U.S. suspended all military assistance to Panama, and the CIA stopped paying Noriega a salary. [70] According to political scientist Steve Ropp, Torrijos was a "gifted politician with a genuine concern for improving the economic lot of the average Panamanian", but his individual talent had a relatively small role to play in preserving his government. Bush lost patience with his brutal, drug . While there, he made the acquaintance of Roberto Daz Herrera, then studying at the Peruvian Police academy, who later became a close ally. Manuel Antonio Noriega Morena, born 11 . [1] Cuba also obtained hardware imports from Panama that were restricted by the U.S. embargo, while it provided Panama with weapons and military advisers. [121] The Senate resolution had the effect of identifying the U.S. with the effort to remove Noriega; Noriega exploited the rising anti-American sentiment to strengthen his own position. [143] The day after the invasion, Noriega's deputy Colonel Luis del Cid retreated with some soldiers to the mountains outside David City, after laying mines in the airport. He has been called one of the best-known dictators of his time, and compared to authoritarian rulers such as Muammar Gaddafi and Augusto Pinochet. [136] In 1994, Noriega and Herclides Sucre, an agent of his secret police, were convicted by a jury of the murder of Giroldi, who had led the 1989 coup attempt against Noriega. [19] The mistreatment of Arias's supporters sparked public outrage, and led to Noriega being suspended for ten days, an item of information that was picked up by the U.S. intelligence services. [138] On December 15, 1989, the PRD-dominated legislature spoke of "a state of war" between the United States and Panama. [204] Dinges writes that though Noriega's regime saw a number of murders and crimes, they were similar in scale to those that occurred at the same time under the authoritarian governments of Guatemala, Chile, Argentina, and El Salvador; these governments never saw the level of condemnation from the U.S. that Noriega's did. 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