Manuel Noriega

General Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (born February 11, 1938) was a Panamanian general and the de facto military leader of Panama from 1983 to 1989. He was initially a strong ally of the United States, and also worked for the CIA from the late 1950s to 1986. By the late 1980s his actions started to defy the policies of the United States agencies that helped to put him in power, and he was overthrown and captured by a U.S. invading force, Operation Just Cause, in 1989. He was taken to the United States, tried for drug trafficking, and imprisoned in 1992. He remains imprisoned in a federal prison in Miami, Florida where his daughters and his grandchildren frequently visit. On December 4, 2004, he was moved to an undisclosed Miami hospital after suffering a very minor stroke.

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February 11 - 1938 - Panama - De facto - 1983 - 1989 - United States - CIA - 1950s - 1986 - Operation Just Cause - Drug trafficking - 1992 - Miami - Florida - December 4 - 2004 - Stroke

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