by Manuel Antonio Noriega
March 11, 1997
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The Memoirs of Manuel Noriega
by Manuel Antonio Noriega
March 11, 1997
To all who died in the U.S. invasion of Panama, December 20, 1989, and to the American people, unaware of the dirty tricks played by the establishment and its leaders.
Chapter 1: The Gringos Spoil the Party
Looking back, I remember the sight of the bright faces, the cheers, the dark-skinned girls laughing in the sun, the babies held aloft by their mothers, a spontaneous street party as I marched along the main avenue from the Abel Bravo school to military headquarters in Colon that afternoon, December 19, 1989, the eve of the U.S. invasion of Panama.
There was a student celebration at the school: speeches, applause, inaugurations, ribbon cutting. I usually thrived on such events, enjoying the cheers, buoyed by the crowds. But this day I went through it mechanically, distant.