Former president Ricardo Martinelli is influencing the country’s presidential election while trying to avoid arrest on money ...

Further tarnishing his reputation, the U.S. government has banned Martinelli and his ... The situation surrounding former ...

PANAMA CITY, May 1 (Reuters ... Lawyer Jose Raul Mulino was the last candidate to join the race, replacing former President - ...

The leading candidate to be Panama's next president is a last-minute stand-in who promises to return the Central American ...

Strong economic growth, which averaged 5.9% over the 20 years after the country took ownership of the Panama canal at the ...

Following former President Ricardo Martinelli’s money laundering conviction and punishment, Panama’s election officials ...

In addition to that, pre-trial detention is banned for people over ... and all the other defendants. The former president is said to have deposits in Panama, Switzerland, Spain, Ecuador, and ...

Six years after the humiliating defeat of 1971, the military brass upset the applecart of the democracy; banned politics ... Dear Quaid, when the foreign patrons (President George W. Bush and Prime ...

Aides to Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader banned from running for ... team have already been detained.) In Panama, former President Ricardo Martinelli entered the ...

PANAMA CITY - Panamanians will elect a new president on Sunday, with eight candidates set to appear on the ballot, and polls ...

Already banned by the U.S. government, Martinelli was convicted of money laundering in Panama last July and ... was much better off during the former president’s term.” That fact is not ...

Panamanians will elect a new president on Sunday, with eight candidates set to appear on the ballot, and polls showing mixed ...