[fullmetal]

Garvin spent several years in Central America as a journalist.  It's his wheelhouse, and his almost-personal recounting of Noriega's exploits shows it.  Garvin writes the obituary with the appropriate level of respect due--colloquial, detailed, and brutally honest: befitting a bully-dictator who ruled through fear and friends but lost everything when both were gone.

[fullmetal]

Garvin spent several years in Central America as a journalist.  It's his wheelhouse, and his almost-personal recounting of Noriega's exploits shows it.  Garvin writes the obituary with the appropriate level of respect due--colloquial, detailed, and brutally honest: befitting a bully-dictator who ruled through fear and friends but lost everything when both were gone.