The Panama Invasion

In 1989 under the George H.W Bush administration the United States was involved in war with Panama. In December of that year, the United States Military invaded Panama to overthrow Manuel Noriega, the military dictator of the country. Manuel Noriega was accused of drug trafficking in the United States and also abolished democracy in Panama. He also harmed the stability of the United Nations. Before Noriega was accused of such actions, he worked for the Central Intelligence Agency in the attempt to assist the U.S in the plan to reduce communism in Central America. He worked for the United States and then removed from the CIA because of his affiliation with drug trafficking. Then he was brought back to the side of the United

History: The Bay of the Pigs was a Cuban government attack to overthrow Fidel Castro, the Prime Minister at the time. It was a CIA backed and was executed under the administration of John F. Kennedy. With Castro being a communist, the Kennedy and Eisenhower administrations tried their best to remove him. Their opportunity to overthrow Castro came in the form of the Cuban exiles, who under Castro’s rule, fled from the island ultimately losing their investments and properties. This fact made it easier to convince the Cuban exiles to participate in the invasion against Castro’s government. US ships sailed on the 13th of April and chose to land on “Bahía de los Cochinos” which became the attacks downfall. The area was barely

In December 19989, thousands of American troops invaded Panama with the goals of extraditing the dictator, General Manuel Noriega, to the United States and reinstating true democracy within the nation after being indicted by two federal grand juries in Florida, after months of economic sanctions and covert tactics meant to force him out of power. In the years since there has been a question as to the validity of the reasoning behind the interference. Shortly after the invasion, President Bush gave his reasons and goals saying “the goals of the United States have been to safeguard the lives of Americans, to defend democracy in Panama, [and] to combat drug trafficking…” for the operation but further investigation contradicts what the people were

This led to a sense of fear among the people of Panama C) Though it can't be proven, it is believed that the US helped organize the Civic Crusade to combat the corruption. After Manuel attempted to rig the 1989 election, he called it void due to outside interference. He named his own leader while the US recognized another setting up for a face off D) After multiple incidents of assaults on US soldiers, the US invaded Panama and after a tense battle and eventual standoff, Manuel surrendered.

There are many differing theories as to why the United States chose to invade Panama. Some historians claim it was a primarily prompted to the continuation against the threat of communism. It is hard to take into account since the threat was considerably weakened by this point. Others maintain that the goal was protection of both the citizens and democracy, without any additional motives. If that was the case, the United States would have been inclined to carry out the invasion much earlier, even shortly after he took power. A belief is also circulated that Noriega’s drug trafficking and disregard for international agreements led to the invasion. Again, Noriega had been involved in drug trafficking for years and the U.S. chose to ignore his

From there, the initial training for the invasion began. The CIA set up training camps in Guatemala, and within a couple of months, the operation had trained a small army for an assault landing and guerilla warfare. José Miró Cardona led the anti-Castro Cuban exiles in the United States. Cardona was a former member of Castro's government. After leaving Castro’s

In the 1500s the first settlers settled in an area near the Gulf of Fonseca this territory would later be known as El Salvador. Soon after the territory was conquered by Spanish rule in 1524 and ruled by King Charles I of Spain until their independence in 1838 (Background, 2012). Struggling with the new found independence this new nation was curse with constant revolutions and over-turning of governments (Background, 2012). Situated in the middle of the fresh region called Central America this sovereign state had neither major resources nor growing economy, whereas other nations had an industry to depend on once the colonial power leaves this nation was forced to start from scratch.

Then later the United States discovered a scandal with Iran and Noriega. President Ronald Reagan hammered him with a bunch of drug related indictments in United States courts; however, laws are different internationally and Noriega said these accusations weren’t credible and he did not accept Reagan’s demands of stepping down. In 1988, Elliot Adams and many others surrounding the Pentagon were requesting to pursue an invasion in Panama. But President Ronald Reagan refused to pursue the invasion due to Vice President Bush’s relations to General Noriega, ironically back then his duty was the task force on drugs, and President Reagan sought that it would hurt Vice President Bush’s presidential campaign. Later the charges on General Noriega were dropped on the drug trafficking incidents. In March 1988, an attempted invasion went through against the government of Panama but was resisted by Noriega's forces. As relations continued to get really bad, Noriega appeared to shift his support to the other Cold War leaders. Due to these alliances, the United States government started coming up with a plan to invade Panama. In May 1989, during the Panamanian National Elections, a

Latin America was truly a land of great riches. With its varying geography and climates,

The conditions for the Bay of Pigs invasion were set by a political power shift in Cuba. In 1959 a Cuban revolution led to the overthrow of President Fulgencia Batista, who was replaced by leftist Fidel Castro ("The Bay of Pigs”). Castro quickly reorganized and rebuilt the Cuban government. Much to the dismay of the United States, this new government severed the ties between Cuba and the United States, expropriated any “U.S. economic assets in Cuba,” and began building a strong relationship with the Soviet Union ("The Bay of Pigs”). Due to Cuba’s close geographic location, the United States saw revolutionized Cuba as a threat to national security.

The invasion of Grenada also know as “Operation Urgent Fury” was a U.S invasion to the Grenada Island in 1983 that Overthrew the communist government in favor of a pro-Western one in a period of less than two months. On October 13, President Reagan was made aware of possible trouble in Granada. Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard had removed Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and recognized military rule. Six days later, Bishop was murdered. Bishop was a socialist and had bonds with Cuba; he spent his time making Grenada wholly socialist and encouraged development in the private sector to make the island a current traveler destination. With this in mind president Reagan was highly concerned. The president had two main reasons for the invasion; the first one was to protect the American lives in the island after military cup and a massive killing of people, and the second one was the fact of the Granada relations with Cuba and possible spread of communism. Even that this invasion had a huge impact in the way that the American army operates and it prevented the extent of communist’s governments in the western hemisphere; this invasion is not popular for the American population, the average American citizen is not interested in Grenada invasion most of them tend to confuse it with others invasions or just did not remember anything about it, only a PHD in history knew about the theme and even if the other interviewed had an idea about the operation, they had to make sure on the

The date September 11, 2011 will forever in our minds. This date known as 9/11 has changed

"The hell with it!" - President George H. W. Bush said this on December 19, 1989, the day before the United States invasion of Panama. The US had been occupying parts around the Panama Canal since the beginning of the 1900s and continue to have militarized bases near the Panama Canal. Prior to 1989, Panama had been involved in major drug trafficking and drug movement due to its location between America and South American countries. Along with Panama’s contribution to international violence, there was little to no regional safety due to their unstable government. Manuel Noriega was the dictator and main military officer of the Panamanian government from 1983 to 1989. The US citizens were told that the United State's invasion of Panama in 1989

I am now convinced that all five countries in Central America have, or will, face political and social issues, which will cause many revolutions. And with the continuing support of the United States, these countries will struggle to emerge as a fully independent state, until they decide to no longer accept aid from external forces. But then again, that is almost impossible. Somehow, the great power will always be in a position of authority over developing

The U.S. invasion of Grenada was the first major U.S. military operation ever since the end of the Vietnam War. Undeniably, many have concluded that it may have in part been an assessment of the purported "Vietnam syndrome," the alleged condition that makes it problematic for the American public to support U.S. military interference deprived of a just cause. As with Iraq, the early defences for the invasion proved to be either extremely debatable or obviously false, hitherto it still received bipartisan support in Congress and the approval of nearly two-thirds of the American public. The invasion of Grenada by the U.S was very unusual compared to other 20th century wars. It was by far the easiest, shortest and most successful invasion for the United States during the 20th century period. The United States intervention in Grenada has been characterised by some as a rescue mission, by others an act of aggression. Therefore the purpose of this essay is to analyse and examine the reasons and causes behind the U.S. led invasion into Grenada during the latter part of 1983, as well as the consequences faced by both the United States government and the people of Grenada. The Grenada Invasion also Codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, was the U.S. decision to invade Grenada after the overthrow and subsequent killing of the Grenadian President Maurice Bishop evoked widespread criticism from several different outlets (Green, 2013). Recognizing such outlooks, this essay also seek to examine