Former President Carter, who ably monitored the Panamanian elections and is well informed on Middle East issues, might head the U.S. delegation, possibly the entire group.
He ran in the 2004 Panamanian presidential election as the candidate of the Solidarity Party.
By all accounts, the Panamanian strongman, Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, has stolen the Panamanian election.
In the 2004 Panamanian presidential election, he was the candidate for the Arnulfista Party.
The United States sends Jimmy Carter to monitor the Panamanian elections, but the vote doesn't go in the direction General Noriega wants.
He later founded his own political party, the Moral Vanguard of the Fatherland, and in 2009 was again a candidate for the Panamanian general elections.
Like many things in politics, his rehabilitation is linked to an event, his public role in assessing the Panamanian election and finding General Manuel Antonio Noriega wanting.
The Administration separately presented plans for a $20 million covert action program aimed at influencing the Panamanian election in May.
I'd like to comment on the Panamanian elections.
In May, Mr. Carter, as the leader of an international observer team, helped persuade other countries that the Panamanian presidential election was a fraud.