Martinelli Designates Angelmira Correa As Governor of Kuna Yala

By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - This afternoon in a press conference held in the headquarters of the Cambio Democratico political party in Costa del Este, Judy Meana, the spokesperson for President-elect Ricardo Martinelli, announced the designation of career educator Angelmira Correa as the next Governor of the Kuna Yala region, and Alberto Gomez as the Vice Governor. "Anglemira Correa has been chosen by the President-elect, Ricardo Martinelli, for her professional capabilities and her achievements in the field of education, having served the Kuna Yala community for more than 32 years," said Meana. The Governor designate helped establish 23 new schools in the region with funding from the World Bank, worked as a teacher in five different villages during more than 17 years, and has represented Kuna Yala women as a teacher in Colombia, Cuba, and Costa Rica. With this designation, she will become the first Kuna Yala woman to hold the position of Governor. At the press conference she said her priorities would be "to address the primary problems affecting our region, which are drugs, corruption, education, and health." Her designation follows the resignation of Martinelli's first extremely controvertial pick, Rogelio Alba, who was forced to resign the designation because of the various drug and corruption related investigations pending against him.

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