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Regime Change
through the Drug War
By Jacob G. Hornberger
April 04, 2020 "Information
Clearing House"
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The Justice Department’s
securing of a criminal indictment of Venezuela’s
president Nicolás Maduro reminds us that when it comes
to the U.S. government’s regime-change operations,
coups, invasions, sanctions, embargoes, and
state-sponsored assassinations are not the only ways to
achieve regime change. Another way is through a criminal
indictment issued by a federal grand jury that
deferentially accedes to the wishes of federal
prosecutors.
The best example of this
regime change method involved the president of Panama,
Manuel Noriega.
Like many corrupt and
brutal dictators around the world, Noriega was a partner
and ally of the U.S. government. In fact, he was
actually trained at the Pentagon’s School of the
Americas, which is referred to in Latin America as the
School of Assassins. He later served as a paid asset of
the CIA. He also served as a conduit for the U.S.
government’s illegal war in Nicaragua, where U.S.
officials were using the Contra rebels to effect a
regime change in that country.
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