Panama Takes A Slight Step To The Left Electing Laurentino Cortizo
Craig TaylorIn a somewhat surprising result, Centre-left candidate Laurentino Cortizo of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) has won the Panamanian Presidential Election, finishing around two percentage points ahead of rival Rómulo Roux of the Democratic Change party, who had been in power since 2009. Not surprisingly Mr Roux has so far refused to hand over power…