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A full 18 days after Panamanians had gone to the polls to choose a new President, Opposition Candidate Arnulfo Arias, 67, was last week finally declared the winner. The government insisted that the long count was necessary in order to ensure a fair tabulation of the votes and give election...
There was probably some truth in the contentions of both sides. Ballot boxes from more than 200 of the country's 1,389 precincts either vanished or were so obviously tampered with that they were nullified by the neutral National Election Board. Whatever the irregularities, Arias won by so...
When he takes office on Oct. 1, Arias' first task will be to cement relations with Panama's 4,000-man National Guard. Though it promised to support the winner, the guard-along with Arias' political enemies-has booted him from power twice in the past, in...
An even bigger job will be to soothe the country's lingering political tensions. After the announcement of Arias' victory, Samudio cried "fraud" and accused the National Guard of installing Arias as President. A few hours later, the government-dominated Electoral Tribunal, which oversees the Election Board and...
Act IV. Time, last week; place, Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center. Bev erly has at last found her destiny. At 39, she is the New York City Opera's prima donna and clearly ranks as one of the two or three finest coloraturas in the world. At the New...