
According to the Washington Times, former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega isn’t happy that he’s portrayed as a bad guy in Activision’s latest iteration of the video game “Call of Duty; Black Ops II”;
The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court against Activision, alleges that Noreiga is “readily identifiable in the video game,” and he’s “portrayed as the culprit of numerous fictional heinous crimes.” In the game, he’s also referred to as “Pineapple Face,” the same nickname given him by Panamanians, because of his many acne scars….
My late mother-in-law went to school with Noriega and she told me that they called him “Little Boots” then because of his tiny feet, so maybe he’d like that name instead. When I was imprisoned (on a trumped-up charge for kidnapping) in Panama my mother-in-law went to him to secure my release and he refused. Of course, that was before he was the leader of Panama. So I get a small measure of satisfaction that he’s an international punchline.





