World Notes PANAMA

Gone though he may be, Manuel Antonio Noriega continues to provide work for the new government's auditors. One of the juicier tidbits they claim to have found is that Noriega had a computer wired directly into the national treasury account, into which he could dip at will. He also allegedly supplemented his $8,000 monthly salary and expenses by drawing on the $10,000 generated daily by the country's lottery. Panamanian officials claim that two days before the U.S. invasion, Noriega transferred some $10 million of his own funds from Panama probably to Hong Kong. That money has not yet been traced.

On the other hand, no one has yet proved that Noriega was the coke-sniffing degenerate portrayed by U.S. officials during the invasion. And there are allegations that both the picture of Hitler and the sex manual discovered in his house and office were planted by, yes, the U.S.