On July 1, 2024, President José Raúl Mulino was sworn in as the new Panamanian President. Mulino is a populist and is joining a rising number of populists in Central and South America that are putting their countries first.
These leaders are rejecting the cancerous, siren song of communism, are circumspect about China, and they are kindred spirits to Donald J. Trump who just knocked out President Biden with a “Low Energy Jeb” right hook with his immortal, “I really don’t know what he said – and I don’t think he does either”.