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Okay, but there is a whale of a lot more to that story than is published. Noriega had to go and it got to the point that he was simply asking for it. A lot, and I do mean a lot, of stuff never hit the press.

Okay, now . . . how do we take out Chavez, who is triple the threat Noriega ever was. (Personally, if we must act, I'd rather we be indirect.) Since you seem to have insider knowledge, is Ortega sufficiently "reformed" (even if for pragmatic reasons)?

Good question.

Chavez is a thug and most of the countries down here are playing this by ear but they also know who carries the big stick. They want to sell to the USA at some point.

There is a huge immigration of wealthy Venezuelans coming to Panama to ride out the storm over there. At some point, my guess is that they will hire someone to take care of the situation.

Ortega may or may not be refomed. Educated guess around here is to wait and see how the talks go between his government and the US. If we see a lot of rich Nicas coming to Panama, then we know the answer. Costa Rica is basically for the poor Nicas by the way.