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Panama's Varela faces questions on Odebrecht donation

Thursday, November 23, 2017

While President Juan Carlos Varela is basking in the afterglow of his trade mission to China, civil groups are questioning his party’s role in the Odebrecht scandal.

The Independent Movement (Movin), which played a prominent role in Varela’s election has harshly questioned the Panameñista Party over the “donations” that he would have received from the Odebrecht company in the  2009 campaign through a friend.

Source: Newsroom Panama