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Which American interest was being defended in the ouster of the dictator Manuel Noriega in 1989?
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Trade agreements with Canada

Bases in the Pacific Ocean

Strategic oil reserves

Access to the Panama Canal

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Access to the Panama Canal. The U.S. cited protecting canal security and American lives (along with stopping Noriega's drug trafficking and restoring democratic rule) as key reasons for the 1989 intervention.