Former Panamanian president must leave Nicaragua's embassy to travel into exile after receiving permission

Panama City, Panama.The government of Panama extended on Monday for three days the permission granted to former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli to travel to exile in Nicaragua, after Managua refused to receive him without having guarantees that he does not have an Interpol arrest warrant.The 73-year-old tycoon who ruled Panama from 2009 to 2014 planned to leave before midnight this Monday, when the safe conduct expired, from the Nicaragu…

Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli must leave the Nicaraguan embassy where he has been a refugee for more than a year on Monday to evade a money-laundering conviction and start his journey into exile in that country after the Panamanian government granted him controversial safe conduct. Panama gave the former governor, 73, a deadline to leave the diplomatic headquarters around noon on Monday. The M…

A safe conduct will finally unite two figures who a few years ago were unthinkable to imagine them even in the same place. Former President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014) will finally leave the Embassy of Nicaragua in Panama, which has been his refuge in the last 14 months and will be able to move to Nicaragua by dictator Daniel Ortega , in "political asylum condition." The former President lived since February 2024 in the Nicaraguan d…

This event takes place in the midst of expectations about the departure of the former president to Nicaragua.

The former president planned to leave the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama for Managua this Monday.

Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli says he will enjoy his stay in Nicaragua with his dog Bruno. He also added on his social media account, X, that the Panamanian press is no longer the "scapegoat for all the problems" in the country. "I will be happy, along with Bruno, in my Nicaraguan hammock, getting to know all of Nicaragua and enjoying this beautiful and great country, populated by noble, healthy, and good people," he emphasized …