Manuel Noriega: Playing All Sides Of the Fence Manuel Noriega, the former dictator of the Central American country of Panama, rose to power through the art of destruction deception and detail. Manuel Noriega was able to profit and flourish as Panama’s new leader because of the Cold War environment. Due to the Cold War, its geographical positioning, and financial liberties, Noriega was able to manipulate all parties involved while making him very wealthy, powerful, …showed first 75 words of 2139 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2139 total…of what it wanted accomplished. America merely reacted to any developments that occurred and moved on an ad hoc basis. Noriega was able to position himself so that he fell within all the international boundaries to become a necessity as a doorway to Central American politics, profit production and propaganda. His ability to do so as well as his the mixture of corruption placed him forever into the history of his country and the world.