This Sunday, the presidential elections were held in Panama. José Raúl Mulino won with 34 % of the votes, compared to 25 % for his opponent, Ricardo Lombana.

José Raúl Mulino gana las elecciones presidenciales en Panamá https://t.co/C28enm3buw#ESHechos pic.twitter.com/LWT8czZFkk

— El Siglo de Panamá (@elsiglodigital) May 6, 2024

From the beginning, Mulino had the support of former president Ricardo Martinelli, who was disqualified from running for president after a conviction against him for money laundering was confirmed.

During his speech upon learning the results of the elections, Mulino said: “Political persecution is over. The manipulation of the Public Ministry is over. The manipulation of judges and magistrates is over. That shit is over, damn it! “Listen to him well.”

Likewise, he indicated that he will do everything necessary for the country’s economic recovery and that he will honor the debts with creditors.

The new president received the first congratulations from the current Panamanian president, Laurentino Cortizo, who wished him success and good health to face his obligations. Representatives from the United States, Mexico, Peru, as well as the OAS and the IDB also sent messages.

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The Government of Argentina has this Friday a debt maturity with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of 730 million dollars corresponding to the 45,000 million loan that the agency granted in 2018 to the previous Administration of Mauricio Macri.

With this maturity, the Government enters a successive stage of maturities that continues on February 1st, with a payment of 365 million dollars, and continues with maturities of approximately 2.9 billion dollars in March.

The Executive continues to negotiate with the Fund a restructuring of the credit that it received in 2018. To the question of whether the Government will make the payment of the coming maturities in these months, there is still no answer.

This follows from the statements this Thursday by the spokesperson for the Presidency of Argentina, Gabriela Cerruti, who has not confirmed whether or not the Government will make the payment of interest owed.

The spokeswoman indicated that the government’s decision will be one or the other depending on “how the talks progress.”

Without offering more details, Cerruti explained that the South American country seeks a growth path in its agreement with the IMF, in addition to defending “the rights of workers and retirees, spending on social matters, investment in technical science, investment in education and the rights of workers and above all that the path of production and growth continues so that we can continue to arrive with genuine employment, with education, with good pensions for all Argentines”.

Source: dpa

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