Manuel Noriega Playing All Sides of the Fence

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…of what it wanted accomplished. America merely reacted to any developments that occurred and moved on an ad hoc basis. Noriega was able to position himself so that he fell within all the international boundaries to become a necessity as a doorway to Central American politics, profit production and propaganda. His ability to do so as well as his the mixture of corruption placed him forever into the history of his country and the world.