barahona44
05-30-2017, 09:36 AM
Manuel Noriega, the Panamanian dictator whose cocaine smuggling operation prompted an invasion by the United States military in 1989 leading to his removal, extradition and conviction had died at age 83.Noriega spent 20 years in a U.S. prison before being returned to Panama in 2011 to serve a 20 year sentence for crimes related to his time as Panama's dictator.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/manuel-noriega-panamanian-dictator-and-drug-trafficker-dead-at-83/
Noriega's tenure is a prime example of the complications of foreign policy.He was an ally of the USA when the American government was trying to check the spread of left wing politics throughout Central America, such as El Salvador and the Sandinistas in Nicarauga.He famously gave refuge to the Shah of Iran after the Ayatollahs took over that country.But by the mid 80's his drug smuggling could no longer be ignored and George H.W.Bush ordered the invasion.23 American servicemen died in the operation before he surrendered.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/manuel-noriega-panamanian-dictator-and-drug-trafficker-dead-at-83/
Noriega's tenure is a prime example of the complications of foreign policy.He was an ally of the USA when the American government was trying to check the spread of left wing politics throughout Central America, such as El Salvador and the Sandinistas in Nicarauga.He famously gave refuge to the Shah of Iran after the Ayatollahs took over that country.But by the mid 80's his drug smuggling could no longer be ignored and George H.W.Bush ordered the invasion.23 American servicemen died in the operation before he surrendered.