WORLD : Panama Nears Break With Cuba
From Times Wire Services
PANAMA CITY —
Panama today asked Cuba’s ambassador to leave the country within five days and said relations between the two countries are “on the verge of a diplomatic break.”
Foreign Minister Julio Linares said the move was in response to Cuba’s refusal to recognize the Panamanian government.
The present government was installed at the start of the U.S. invasion Dec. 20 that toppled military dictator Manuel A. Noriega. He is now awaiting trial in Miami on drug charges.
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