LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Manuel Noriega arrested

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

4 Jan 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:04:02

Description

Nick Peters reports from Washington on former dictator of Panama Manuel Noriega handing himself in to the US after spending 10 days in the Vatican embassy, and facing trial in Florida. With US President, George H.W. Bush announcing on US television the success of the invasion of Panama; other speakers are General Maxwell R. Thurman, Commander of the American Southern Command; Vice-President Billy Ford. For FM breakfast programme.

Contributors

Nick Peters; George H. W. Bush; Maxwell Reid Thurman; Billy Ford

Keywords

USA; Vatican; Embassies and consulates; Drug traffic; Military affairs; Trials; Heads of state; Embassy buildings; Panama; Arrests; Florida; Manuel Noriega

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