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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Elida Moreno

BIZARRE: Panama ex president martinelli chosen as rm candidate for elections - What They Never Told You

FILE PHOTO: Panama's former president Ricardo Martinelli is escorted by police officers and supporters while leaving a courthouse after being declared not guilty of spying charges in Panama City, Panama August 9, 2019. REUTERS/Erick Marciscano

Panama's former President Ricardo Martinelli was on Sunday chosen as the presidential candidate for his party Realizando Metas (RM) in next year's elections.

Martinelli, who was in office from 2009 to 2014, is accused of laundering public funds through the purchase of a news outlet during his term.

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