PANAMA CITY, May 6 (Reuters) - Panama's next president, a U.S.-educated college football fan, has stressed the importance of improving relations with the United States while signaling greater scrutiny ...

PANAMA CITY, May 6 (Reuters) - U.S.-educated political veteran Laurentino "Nito" Cortizo won Panama's presidential election in a close race on Sunday, with the electoral tribunal declaring him winner ...

Social democrat Laurentino Cortizo, who won Sunday's presidential election in Panama, is a veteran politician and former agriculture minister of the small Central American country. The 66-year-old ...

PANAMA CITY, May 5 (Reuters) - Laurentino "Nito" Cortizo declared victory in Panama's presidential election on Sunday after an unexpectedly tight race that put him less than two points ahead of Romulo ...

PANAMA CITY, May 6 (Reuters) - Panama's president-elect, Laurentino "Nito" Cortizo, said the United States should pay more attention to Central America or risk losing ground to China, which has won ...

Social-democrat Laurentino Cortizo is the favorite to win as 2.7 million Panamanians take to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president following a campaign dominated by talk of corruption.

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - U.S.-educated political veteran Laurentino "Nito" Cortizo won Panama's presidential election in a close race on Sunday, with the electoral tribunal declaring him winner by just ...