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Weekly Report - 17 October 2024 (WR-24-41)
PANAMA: Mulino moves on insecurity
Just over three months into his mandate, Panama’s right-of-centre President José Raúl Mulino has launched a plan to “liberate” the country from gangs. Compared with Central American neighbours such as Guatemala and Honduras, Panama has traditionally faced lower levels of gang-related crime, such as murders, kidnappings, and extortion. However, with homicides surging last year to reach 556, up from 501 in 2022, Mulino is under pressure to act. A former interior minister himself (2010-2014), known for his hard-handed response to security – as evidenced in a deadly crackdown in 2010 involving unrest by banana workers [WR-10-28], Mulino has so far opted against invoking measures rolled out by peers such as El Salvador’s authoritarian President Nayib Bukele, despite some similarities in rhetoric.
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