Panama’s former president has taken shelter in the Nicaraguan embassy with his dog and a barbecue set where he plans to ride out a corruption investigation and regain power. Ricardo Martinelli ...
Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, who is in asylum in the Nicaraguan embassy, and another twenty people will be tried starting in Panama on January 20, 2024, for alleged money laundering ...
Martinelli has been in asylum at the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama since February 7 to avoid being sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for money laundering in the New Business case.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told Panama’s president that the country must reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or face potential retaliation from the Trump administration.