Tag: Juan Carlos Varela

  • Ex-Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega dies

    Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega, who spied for the CIA before his drug trafficking and brutal regime sparked a U.S. invasion in 1989, has died aged 83. President Juan Carlos Varela announced Noriega’s death on Twitter late on Monday, and said his passing marked the closing of a chapter in Panama’s history. Noriega, who ruled…