This was reported by the current president of the country Juan Carlos Varely in his microblog on Twitter.

According to him, the death of Manuel Noriega closes a whole chapter in the history of our country. He also stressed that the dictator's daughters deserve that the funeral pass without any provocation.

It is known that the ex-dictator was operated because of a tumor in the brain, after which there were complications, because of which Noriega fell into a coma. Perhaps this was the cause of death.

It should be noted that Noriega lost power as a result of the US military operation. Then the dictator was sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment for drug trafficking and extortion. Nevertheless, after a while his term was reduced to 30 years.

By the way, in 2011 the ex-dictator was given to Panama, where he spent the last years of his life in prison.

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform, in the United States on Tuesday, May 16, died a famous Soviet and Russian actor Oleg Vidov.