MARTINELLI RESIGNS AS CANAL AUTHORITY CHAIRMAN
The Panama Canal Authority has announced that Ricardo B. Martinelli resigned Jan. 20 as chairman of the Canal Authority’s Board of Directors, and as Minister for Canal Affairs.
Martinelli had served as chairman since September, 1999. Alberto Aleman Zubieta, administrator of the Canal Authority, said that Panama’s president, Mireya Moscoso, will shortly appoint a successor.