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- Birth nameManuel Antonio Noriega Morena
- Nickname
- Pineapple Face
- Height1.70 m
- Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was a Panamanian dictator, politician and military officer who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. An authoritarian ruler who amassed a personal fortune through drug trafficking operations, he had long standing ties to United States intelligence agencies before the U.S. invasion of Panama removed him from power- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseFelicidad Sieiro de Noriega(? - May 29, 2017) (his death, 3 children)
- Commander of the Panamanian Defense Forces and dictator of Panama from 1983-89. Was deposed in a US-led invasion in December of 1989, after which he was brought to the US, tried on a variety of charges--including drug trafficking and money laundering--and imprisoned. During his trial it came out that he had been on the CIA payroll since 1967, while also taking money from Colombian drug cartels to use Panama as a transshipment point to smuggle drugs into the US.
- Is survived by wife Felicidad and daughters Lorena, Sandra and Thays Noriega.
- [when told that Panamanian security forces had seized his rival Hugo Spadafora] And what does one do with a dog that has rabies?
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