Varela wins Panama election, defeats Martinelli's incumbent candidate

Monday, May 5th 2014 - 07:24 UTC

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Panama’s Electoral Committee declared opposition candidate Juan Carlos Varela as the winner of Sunday's election and the country's next president: he captured 39% of the vote with more than 80% of ballots counted. In Panama there is no run-off and no re-election so president Ricardo Martinelli nominated his successor and completed the ticket with his wife, Marta Linares de Martinelli. Read full article

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Mr Ed
Was this an election or a David Cameron lookalike contest?

Anyway, commiserations on winning the latter but congratulations on winning the former sir. Best wishes to Panama for a successful future.
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