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Article: Popular former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Michael Manley, 72, succumbs in Kingston.(Obituary)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- March 24, 1997
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Michael Norman Manley, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, died at his home in Kingston, Jamaica. The cause of his death was unknown at JET press time, although he had been battling prostate cancer. He was 72.
Manley led Jamaica to the forefront of the developing world's non-aligned movement in the 1970s. In the 1990s, he regained power as an ardent proponent of capitalism.
In his first two terms as prime minister, from 1972 until 1980, Manley became a champion of the non-aligned movement. He formed close ties with Cuban leader Fidel Castro, railed against capitalist domination and discouraged foreign investment. By the end of 1980, Jamaica was nearly ...