Panama's Former Dictator Says US Framed Him http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/july/04/centralamerica10070402.htm

Former Panamanian ruler and CIA operative Gen. Manuel Noriega, on trial in France for money-laundering, has denied the charges as an "imaginary" scheme sowed by the US. Noriega says Washington turned against him when he refused to participate in a US plan against leftists in Central America.