Estados Unidos invadi?Panam?en 1989 y el mundo entero tuvo algo que decir.
Las opiniones de entonces reflejaban
juicios apresurados sobre las dos noticias m嫳 relevantes: un
pa疄 ocupado y la ca獮a del
dictador Manuel Antonio Noriega, aquel exjefe de inteligencia y fiable colaborador de la CIA que result?m嫳 listo y goloso de lo que los
norteamericanos esperaban.
Las multitudinarias
protestas ciudadanas contra la dictadura, seguidas por una sangrienta invasi鏮 estadounidense, representan la etapa m嫳
dolorosa, cruenta y humillante de la historia de esta naci鏮. Los paname隳s no la han olvidado, aunque la conocen
fragmentada, recuerdan incidentes aislados o an嶰dotas puntuales. El tiempo ha hecho que queden m嫳 dudas que respuestas. Imperdonable ser燰 obviarla.
Historia rigurosamente documentada es la que
Fernando Berguido nos ofrece en
El colapso de Panam? La historia de la invasi鏮 y del fin de la dictadura. Han pasado ya treinta y cinco a隳s de aquellos acontecimientos, y hasta ahora no se hab燰 abordado el periodo comprendido entre 1984 y 1989 de forma tan completa y fluida, con entrevistas in嶮itas a sus protagonistas, relatos desconocidos y
documentos confidenciales que ven la luz por primera vez. Puede que quienes vivieron y sufrieron aquellos a隳s descubran hechos que les sorprendan; los m嫳 j镽enes encontrar嫕 en esta cr鏮ica, que a menudo parece sacada de la m嫳 pura ficci鏮, las ra獳es de su pasado y claves que les ayuden a entender el presente.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The United States invaded Panama in 1989, and the whole world had something to say about it. Opinions at the time reflected a rush to judgement about the two biggest news stories: the occupation of a country and the fall of dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega, the one-time head of intelligence and CIA informant who turned out to be shrewder and greedier than the US bargained for.
The mass protests against the dictatorship, followed by the bloody US invasion, were the most painful, brutal and humiliating episodes in Panama's history. Its citizens have not forgotten what happened, although their accounts are fragmented and revolve around isolated incidents. Time has brought more questions than answers, but forgetting would be unforgivable.
To fill the gap, Fernando Berguido offers us this meticulously documented history of the invasion and the end of the dictatorship. In the thirty-five years since these events, no one has produced such a complete and fluid account of the period between 1984 and 1989, with never-before-published interviews, reports and confidential documents revealed here for the first time. In this review of facts that are often stranger than fiction, those who suffered through those years may discover elements that will surprise them, while younger generations will uncover their country's past and the keys for understanding its present.
