After Months of Protest for Change in Panama, Old-School Faces Lead Sunday Elections

<p>From his refuge in the Nicaraguan Embassy, convicted money launderer and former president Ricardo Martinelli is pulling the strings of the Sunday election in Panama. His party candidate, three-time government minister José Raúl Mulino, leads the polls despite popular frustration with traditional corruption in politics and social decay. But the chance of a judicial decision affecting his candidacy could inject a last-minute surprise.</p>

José Luis Sanz Roman Gressier