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Going into Panama's presidential election, the candidate who drew the crowds was Arnulfo Arias, 62, the messianic ex-President and self-proclaimed champion of the masses. But when the cheering stopped last week, the man who got the votes was Marco Aurelio Robles, 58, the government candidate and cousin of President Roberto F. Chiari, who constitutionally cannot succeed himself. In a stunning upset, Robles swept most of the backland provinces and sliced into some urban strongholds where Arias was supposed to be unbeatable. The final count: Robles 134,627, Arias...
...People. Thwarted and embittered, Arnulfo Arias immediately cried theft, claimed that the government had stolen the victory. His supporters charged that in several rural precincts, Arias ballots failed to arrive in time for anyone to vote for him. In Chiriqui province, a man wearing the uniform of Panama's National Guard reportedly scared away Indian voters with pistol shots in the air. Arias' lawyers are also investigating the voting in two provinces where government figures are said to show that Arias failed to win a single precinct...
...politician in the family is Arnulfo Arias, 64, Harmodio's younger brother and a Harvard-educated coffee planter. By all accounts, he is the man to beat in the May 10 election. Twice elected...
President (1939, 1949) and twice deposed (1941, 1951), Arnulfo is a fiery speaker with a record of totalitarian flirtations, including Nazi sympathies during World War II. He had high school students goose-stepping in the streets of Panama City until his fellow whitetails rose up to throw him out. He now campaigns on a platform of friendship with the U.S. (but "justice" on the canal) and preaches land reform for Panama's havenots...
Cousins & Nephews. Alarmed by Arnulfo's radical talk, Panama's ruling elite would like to stop him, but cannot agree on how. President Chiari, who is barred from running again, has thrown his weight behind Marco Robles, 58, a second cousin, for President. Arnulfo's own family has put its money and newspaper support behind Juan de Arco Galindo, 53, a wealthy Georgia Tech trained engineer. On the ticket as Vice President: Gilberto Arias, Arnulfo's nephew...