PANAMA: Arnulfo Again

In spite of heavy afternoon showers, 10,000 Panamanians jammed the Plaza Santa Ana one afternoon last week to hear 46-year-old Arnulfo Arias accept the nomination for President.

The Authentic Revolutionary Party's candidate was the same scheming Arnulfo who had baited yanquis, flirted with Nazis, and lost the presidency in a 1941 revolution staged while he was weekending in Havana. He was following a different line now: "There are two suns in the world today, both of them busy collecting satellites. Panama wants a warm place in the sun of the U.S." Said a veteran Canal Zone resident: "He hasn't changed...

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