LatinNews Daily - 13 August 2018

Panama: Panama’s opposition Cambio Democrático (CD) party of former president Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), who was extradited from the US in June to face charges related to his activities whilst in office, has chosen Rómulo Roux, a former foreign minister (2012-2014), as its presidential candidate ahead of the May 2019 presidential election. Roux defeated former security minister José Raúl Mulino (2009-2014), a Martinelli loyalist, by 68.8% of the vote to 29.3%. Local political analysts, however, highlight the low turnout – of 28.5% of the 354,000 CD members entitled to vote.

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