Panama prepared for its World Cup debut
by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times
Jun 11, 2018
3 minutes
MOSCOW - Donald Trump isn't the only president who governs by tweet. Panamanian leader Juan Carlos Varela has also embraced the idea of issuing official decrees in 280 characters or fewer, taking to Twitter in October to declare a national holiday moments after his country qualified for its first-ever World Cup.
"The voice of the people has been heard," Varela wrote beneath a picture of himself, in a red national team jacket, signing the presidential order.
And although the holiday has ended, the
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