Looters plunder stores as Panama turmoil deepens
In Panama City looters shuttered stores and drove off BMWs amid US invasion air and gunfire. Curfew under Endara proved hard to enforce as looters hawked goods in Via Veneto and San Miguelito. Poor districts saw basics, furniture, champagne, and watches snapped up at cut rates amid impromptu markets.
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Panama economy to struggle years after Noriega topple
Analysts say Panama faces a long economic rebuild after the US invasion and sanctions. Experts estimate revival could cost over 14 billion dollars, with recovery spanning years as sanctions are eased and assets unfrozen. Panama's downturn intensified by mismanagement and the 1987 invasion.
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Noriega’s Fort Amador quarters reveal Nazi likenesses and weapon cache
At Fort Amador, Gen Manuel Antonio Noriega’s building 8 quarters housed plush rooms and a movie theater, a table showing a leopard ceramic keepsake, and a cache of about 250 weapons including fully automatic arms. Soldiers reported a Hitler portrait in the library and night vision gear found in Noriega’s offices.
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