A Small War in Panama

摘要

In 1989, the United States decided to take down the Noriega regime in Panama by military force. Manuel Antonio Noriega had been dictator of the country since 1983. Over the years, he had been on and off the CIA payroll, but that relationship soured as his corruption, repression, and collusion in drug smuggling became too blatant to ignore. Noriega had risen in the service of Panama's previous dictator, Omar Torrijos, who called him "my gangster."