Author: Rita Vasquez, J. Scott Bronstein
- Non-Fiction
- Debate
- ISBN: 9786073164115
- Release Date: 10-23-2018
Synopsis
Una nueva investigación de los autores de Sociedades Peligrosas. Con la muerte del dictador Manuel Antonio Noriega, en mayo de 2017, muchos de los secretos que envuelven aquellos años de torturas, desapariciones y abusos de la dictadura militar panameña jamás serán revelados. Sin embargo, algunos de los hechos sobre su vida, los años en el poder y las causas de su posterior encarcelamiento siguen siendo motivo de discusión en la sociedad panameña contemporánea. Basado en fuentes documentales recientemente desclasificadas por el gobierno de Estados Unidos, El fantasma de Noriega contextualiza los hechos históricos a partir de noticias de la época y de información de primera mano, proporcionada por el coronel del ejército norteamericano Charles Chico Stone -conocido por las Fuerzas de Defensa como el Gringo Cabrón- y su esposa Jenny.
A new investigation by the authors of Dangerous Societies: this is the story behind the Panama Papers. With the death of dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega in May of 2017, many of the secrets surrounding those years of torture, disappearances, and abuses by the Panamanian military dictatorship will never be revealed. However, some of the facts about his life, his years in power, and the causes of his subsequent imprisonment continue to be a source of discussion in modern Panamanian society. Based on recently declassified documents, Noriega’s Ghost contextualizes the historical facts through news from the time as well as first-hand information provided by US Army Colonel Charles “Chico” Stone and his wife, Jenny. Rita Vásquez and J. Scott Bronstein pose intriguing questions about this situation in Panama as well as its current implications, contributing to the debate not only among Panamanians but also among all those who have seen their lives impacted by US foreign policy.
