The Citizens for a Democratic Panama is calling on the population to join their initiative to safeguard democracy in the country. Composed of politicians, activists and members of civil society, the initiative is growing a front to urge President Ricardo Martinelli’s government to focus on the population’s pressing issues such as food costs, water,...
Vice President Juan Carlos Varela has 21 bodyguards, a government release confirms. The declaration comes following his dismissal as Minister of Foreign Relations. The release adds that Varela maintains eight Institutional Protection System security cars at his disposal as vice president. Three of his bodyguards have, however, been reassigned to new Minister of Foreign...
Reacting to the dismissal of Vice President Juan Carlos Varela as Foreign Minister, seven ministers resigned from their jobs with the Ricardo Martinelli administration. These include Alberto Vallarino, Minister of Economy and Finance; Carlos Duboy, Minister of Housing and Land Use Planning; and the vice ministers of health, government, finance, social development and exterior relations....
Vice President of the National Assembly Marcos Gonzalez presented a bill on Wednesday to establish the death penalty in Panama. Gonzalez says that he filed the initiative in response to the violence in the country, noting that “over 700 people have died since 2001 at the hands of criminals, thugs and murderers who killed couples, children, mothers.” According...
Vice President Juan Carlos Varela says that he would not temporarily assume the presidency in President Ricardo Martinelli’s absence. Panama’s constitution states that Varela, as Vice President, would fill in if Martinelli takes a leave of more than 10 days or is unable to fulfill his mandate. However, Varela, who hopes to be elected...
