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Arnulfo Arias

Also spelled: el Hombre · arnulfismo

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Elected president three times and overthrown each time, founder of panameñismo and the most divisive figure of twentieth-century Panama. The 1941 Constitution promoted under his government contained provisions denying nationality to Afro-Antillean and Asian communities — the point no discussion of his legacy can skip.

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The Panameñista party comes from Arnulfo Arias.El partido panameñista viene de Arnulfo Arias.

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