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Since de la
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Sanchez, 1990, W.W. Norton & Co., N.Y., pages 302-303 state (not verbatim): " ...de la Espriella was given a list of replacements for his cabinet, but balked at naming them... On 13 February, he was with his family in
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who sat alongside a young, uniformed Manuel
Noriega. If a picture is worth a thousand words, de la Espriella not only appeared as president, but as a "mediator" or "interpreter of events" whenever Noriega hovered.
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