Electoral Tribunal declares Mulino as Panama's president-elect

Jose Raul Mulino was declared Panama's president-elect with 34% of the vote after elections on Sunday. The Central American country's electoral tribunal announces during a virtual video call that Mulino won the single-round, first-past-the-post race with more than a third of votes cast.

The election came as the country grapples with deep-rooted corruption, a severe drought that has hobbled the economically critical Panama Canal, and a stream of U.S.-bound migrants passing through its jungles.