Juan Carlos Varela, presidential candidate of Panamenista Party, greets supporters as he arrives to deliver his speech at his closing campaign rally in Panama City April 27, 2014. REUTERS/ Carlos Jasso
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama's vice-president, running as an opposition candidate, won the presidential election on Sunday after a campaign in which he took credit for outgoing leader Ricardo Martinelli's successful economic policies while promising a cleaner government.
Juan Carlos Varela of the center-right Panamenista Party (PP) helped Martinelli get elected as president in 2009 but later fell out with him. He has vowed to tackle corruption, lower inflation and reduce poverty.
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