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Supermarket Magnate Wins Panama Election

Landslide offers rare right-wing victory in Latin America

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted May 4, 2009 5:39 AM CDT

(Newser) – A conservative supermarket owner won a landslide victory in Panama's presidential election, in a rare win for the political right in the region. Ricardo Martinelli, a multimillionaire who financed his own campaign, vowed to expand investment in the Panama Canal and introduce a flat tax....   Read full story »

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