Finished Tu 8/12/25
This is one of my ancient hardbacks that I had never read. It was a fascinating book and it read like a novel.
The story of Manuel Antonio Noriega- a guy who truly played both sides against the middle. He aligned with the Americans because 'he was against communism' and the US turned a blind eye to his insane traffic in illegal arms, drugs, and technology. The US government gave Noriega $200,000a year for support for the Contras and America would turn a blind eye to his illegal activities. Everybody knew what was going on, but didn't no how to stop him. It took a US invasion of the country to end his reign.
Omar Torrijos was technically the head of Panama, but Noriega ran things from behind the scenes. He was like Joseph Goebels or Dick Chaney. He came across almost as a 'leftist'- kind of a playboy and 'man of the people'.
An interesting book and a departure from my normal 'literary or genre' ficiton.
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