by General Manuel Antonio Noriega
1988
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Speech for the Second Amphictyonic Congress of Panama
by General Manuel Noriega
August 11, 1988
A continent-wide movement to bring about The Ibero-American integration was forged at a historic conference in Panama August. 8-11, 1988 attended by 200 delegates from 22 nations of the region. Senators, congressmen, labor leaders, historians, scientists, ex-ministers, and retired military officers worked together to plan a Second Amphictyonic Congress, in honor of the first such congress organized by Simon Bolivar in 1826 to unite the continent's new republics. (In ancient Greece, an amphictyony was an association of neighboring states for their common interest.)
General Manuel Noriega delivered the closing speech, before a cheering crowd of 1,000 and the international press corps.
This event represents the antibodies which are produced in order to endure U.S. imperialism, and perfect the defense of our Latin America. Panama must turn toward Latin America today, while Latin America sees in Panama its own anguish.