News From A Parallel World (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Lather, rinse, repeat... That’s your brain trying to keep up with the news, the political circus of pols and media and grand players slipping each other the odd fiver. Nearly twenty years ago, when George Bush the elder was President, the United States invaded the Panama Canal. U.S. troops seized the hospitals, radio stations, and newspapers. Thousands were arrested and held in airport hangars...
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Erwin reminds us that today is the day of the annual protest against the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC), formerly known as the School of the Americas. The name-change happened back in 2001, when the Bush administration realized the School's name had been associated with some of the worst crimes against humanity in the 20th century in the Americas. Rather than closing...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Manuel Solis, who died on 6 November aged 91, served briefly as president of Panama during Manuel Noriega's military regime.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Mr. Solís served briefly as president of Panama during Manuel Noriega’s military government.
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
PANAMA CITY - Manuel Solis, who served briefly as president during Manuel Noriega's military regime, died on Friday. He was 91.Solis died at his home from respiratory failure, said Mitchell Doens, the secretary general of the...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Manuel Solis, who served briefly as president during Manuel Noriega's military regime, died Friday. He was 91.
Cuaderno Latinoamericano (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Manuel Solis, who served briefly as president during Manuel Noriega 's military regime, died Friday. He was 91. Solis died at his home from respiratory failure , said Mitchell Doens, the secretary general of the Democratic Revolutionary Party to which Solis belonged. Solis served as education minister during the military regime dominated by Noriega and then was named acting president in February 1988...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Manuel Solis, who served briefly as president during Manuel Noriega's military regime, died Friday. He was 91.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Manuel Solis, who served briefly as president during Manuel Noriega's military regime, died Friday. He was 91.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Manuel Solis, who served briefly as president during Manuel Noriega's military regime, died Friday. He was 91.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Manuel Solis, who served briefly as president during Manuel Noriega's military regime, died Friday. He was 91.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
PANAMA CITY -- Manuel Solis, who served briefly as president during Manuel Noriega's military regime, died Friday. He was 91.
Get the Big Picture (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Men Who Stare at Goats Starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey Directed by Grant Heslov Rated R It's a deviously warped story, the kind that has to be at least partially true, and according to the disclaimer at the beginning of the film, it is: "More of this is true that you would believe" replaces "Based on a true story" or "Inspired by a true...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The unfinished job of cleaning up the country’s financial reputation UNDER Manuel Noriega’s dictatorship in the 1980s the world saw Panamanian banks as synonymous with suitcases stuffed with drugs money. So there was little surprise when in April the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a rich countries’ club, included Panama on its “grey list”...
Deep Politics Monitor (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
From Dailycensored : Pretend to be surprised! http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/world/asia/28intel.html I want to skip right to my favorite part: “The CIA’s practices also suggest the United States is not doing everything in its power to stamp out the lucrative Afghan drug trade, a major source of revenue for the Taliban, the Times said.” This is the punch line. Hilarious, brilliant...
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