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Weekly Report - 15 December 2011 (WR-11-50)
PANAMA: Noriega’s return raises questions old and new
It took more than two decades and a lengthy legal process but Panama’s former military ruler Manuel Noriega (1983-1989) is back on native soil to serve time for crimes committed during his regime. His return to Panama followed the approval by France (where he was in prison for money laundering) of an extradition request put forward by President Ricardo Martinelli’s government, no doubt spying an opportunity to cause further discomfort to Noriega’s former party, the opposition Partido Revolucionario Democrático (PRD), already politically weak and yet to recover from its 2009 defeat. While met with relative indifference (a reflection no doubt of Panama’s young population), Noriega’s return could not only test the local justice system but has also prompted speculation regarding the information he might have at his disposal and, more critically, whether he will share it.
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