With just over a year until the 2020 Presidential Election, we are gearing up to do our part from Panamá! We see daily evidence that the next election will be perhaps the most important of our lifetimes. To quote John F. Kennedy: “If not us, who? If not now, when?”

If you are in the Coronado, Gorgona, San Carlos beach area, please join the new Playa Coronado area chapter on Wednesday, October 30 for a meeting & networking. This will be their second meeting of like-minded Dems and Democrat-leaning Independents in the region. There will be lively discussion of issues and what we can do to ensure US citizens are registered to vote.

The event is on Wednesday, October 30 from 4:30 pm until 7:00 pm. Drinks and snacks will be served.

Please RSVP to PlayaCoronadoDems@gmail.com for information on location if you would like to attend.

We had a great potluck dinner and discussion of democratic issues and candidates. After a lively discussion of how US and world society got to the position we are in, it was agreed that we want more discussion. We plan on hosting future candidate forums, where the positions of each candidate will be summarized. In addition, we will host workshops on how to vote in the primaries and national elections in 2020.

Democrats Abroad Panama (Chiriquí) had two debate parties in Boquete on June 26 and 27. A total of 16 different people (12 the first night and 11 the second) had a great time interacting with each other and commenting on the debaters. While we had different preferences among candidates, we agreed that the debates were interesting and informative. Looking forward to our July debate parties!