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...Panamanian leaders standing so inflexibly against the U.S. are not the usual run of Latin American leftists and rabid ultranationalists. President Roberto F. Chiari, his most influential ministers and all major candidates in the May 10 presidential elections are members of a deeply entrenched elite that has ruled Panama since it proclaimed independence from Colombia in 1903. They are wealthy, well educated, antiCommunist, vigorously competing among themselves for power-and finding the widely resented canal treaty an ideal target to call attention away from their own position...
President Chiari himself...
Panama's richest men; he donates his $22,000-a-year presidential salary to the Panamanian Red Cross. His major source of wealth is the family's dairy farm and sugar plantations. Chiari's Blue Star dairy supplies most of Panama's milk, and the sugar plantations give him. a near monopoly on that commodity. (Price of sugar in Panama: 110 per lb., v. 60 in the Canal Zone.) Chiari's father was one of the leaders in Panama's fight for independence from Colombia, soon after built up a fortune in cattle...
Shrimp & Goose Step. Of all the family trees, none cast longer shadows than those of the two unrelated Arias clans-64 entries in the Panama City telephone book. At the head of one family, old and aristocratic, is Ricardo ("Dickie") Arias, who lost to Chiari in the 1960 election. The second Arias group owes its prominence to the late Harmodio Arias, a poor country boy who built a successful law firm, expanded into cattle, shrimp fishing and publishing (four newspapers), then became President (1932-36). His son Gilberto, twice served as Finance Minister; Son Roberto, was Panama's Ambassador...
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...