Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang: A Memoir of How the Americans Invaded My Country

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On December 18, 1989, two days before the United States invaded Panama to oust General Manuel Noriega from power, Gustavo Perez was at Noriegas headquarters, the Comandancia, not believing the rumors about the pending attack. Why would the United States, which for so many years had supported Noriega, turn on him in such dramatic fashion A lot was at stake for Perez; a member of Panamas elite and the great-nephew of Panamas first president, by December 1989 he had risen through the ranks to become Noriegas personal bodyguard. If Noriega was going down, so was Perez.
When the United States invaded, Noriega was kicked out of officeand Perez was arrested and taken to La Modelo prison, where he was abused and threatened by American interrogators for eleven days before his mother bought his freedom for $10,000 cash. And this was just the beginning of a picaresque, darkly comic journey that would take Perez from clandestine meetings with the CIA to Colombian oil fields, from the Mexican drug war back to the upper echelons of Panamanian politics. As an eyewitness to and a protagonist in his countrys intimate and complicated relationships with its neighbors and the United States, Perez became a cross between Forrest Gump and James Bond as he was involved in more than one farcical moment, including the arrest of a monkey. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is the eye-opening and page-turning story of his adventures, and a cautionary tale about the unexpected consequences of American realpolitik.
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Gustavo Perez is a graduate of Fork Union Military Academy and Methodist College in the United States. He was a member of Panama s Special Forces and the Panamanian Defense Force and later became the personal bodyguard to former military dictator of Panama Manuel Noriega and his family. He lives in Panama City.
Ian Spiegelman has worked as a reporter for the "New York Post" and a staff writer for "New York Magazine." He was also an editor at "Details" magazine, gawker.com, and wetpaint.com. He lives in Hollywood Beach, Florida."