Manuel Noriega, Dictator Ousted by U.S. in Panama, Dies at 83
This article is a summary of reporting by The New York Times. Originally published May 30, 2017.
Manuel Antonio Noriega, the former military dictator who ruled Panama throughout the 1980s until being toppled by a U.S. military invasion in 1989, died at the age of 83 in Panama City. Hospital officials confirmed that he passed away at Santo Tomás Hospital following a severe brain hemorrhage suffered after surgery. Noriega spent nearly three decades imprisoned across the United States, France, and Panama for drug trafficking, money laundering, and human rights violations. His death closed a tumultuous chapter in Panama's political history and foreign relations with Washington.
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Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega died at age 83 at Hospital Santo Tomás following brain surgery complications.
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