FROM THE FIELD: Panama’s elections were full of contradictions and tensions. Defying the polls, the winning candidate, Juan Carlos Varela, was the sitting vice president estranged from the president and running in opposition. With the possibility of the governing party continuing in office for the first time since the ouster of Manuel Noriega in 1990, fears of a growing concentration of power contributed to Panamanians rejecting the party that had led the highest economic growth rates in the hemisphere and a president with over 60 percent approval ratings. Read the rest of Americas Program Director Dr. Jennifer McCoys blog from the field at the link below.
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 15:46:02 +0000
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