by Manuel Antonio Noriega
July 10, 1992
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The following speech was prepared by Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega of Panama in Spanish, for delivery at his sentencing hearing before Judge William Hoeveler in federal district court in Miami, Florida on July 10, 1992. It is a historic document, providing insights on an important period of U.S.-Panama relations. It has been completely blacked out of the U.S. media, which has given us added incentive to run it in full.
Over the coming weeks, EIR Panama reporter Carlos Wesley will be explicating the fuller story behind many of the points touched upon by Noriega, the importance of which is not always obvious to the general reader. Noriega raises many issues which are politically sticky for the Bush administration- which may explain why this speech has not appeared in English outside the pages of EIR. The speech was translated by EIR.
Speech in Miami, Florida
by Manuel Antonio Noriega
July 10, 1992
Thank you, Your Honor, for permitting my presentation, which is but a fraction of everything I have to explain.
Before beginning, I wish to praise the God of the universe who is the just judge, for permitting me to be here under these circumstances.