New National Project 2026
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“That in Panama, those who work, progress. That those who study and prepare themselves, find employment. That those who fall ill, can receive care. That those born in the interior or the comarcas have the same opportunities as those born in the capital.”
A country built by everyone and without exclusion, with a capable, modern and decentralized State. We don't promise miracles or resort to demagoguery. We propose work, decency and brave decisions so that every balboa translates into concrete results.
Ethical and non-negotiable foundations of the UNE Movement
Effort and honest work must bear fruit. An end to the economy of privileges where a few get rich while the working class falls behind.
No young Panamanian who sacrifices themselves by earning a degree or technical career should be trapped in unemployment or informal underemployment.
Health cannot depend on whether you have money for a private clinic. Zero shortages of medicines in the social security system and health centers.
Decentralization with territorial justice. Drinking water, electrification, internet and equipped hospitals in every province of Panama.
We traveled across Panama listening to its people. From Bocas del Toro to Darién, passing through Chiriquí, Veraguas, Coclé and Colón.
Route from Bocas to Darién
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The National Project is not just another document. It is a roadmap to get the country back on course on new ethical, institutional and real development foundations for the people. Each pillar is an executable, fundable and measurable commitment.
New development hubs. Digital connectivity in the interior. Cold chains and collection centers. Winning over the Atlantic side of the isthmus is not a slogan; it is a long-overdue historic decision.
Read full detailTrained teachers, dignified schools, English, digital skills. Poor education steals our future. Technical and dual education. The student is the goal; the teacher is the protagonist.
Read full detailIntegrated Public Health System. Primary care. Medicines at fair prices. End of surgical waiting lists. Progressive MINSA–CSS integration. Telemedicine and digital health records.
Read full detailFormal employment, MSMEs, agro-industry, tourism, knowledge economy. Grow yes, but with well-being. First youth job. Fiscal discipline with a social sense and productive diversification.
Read full detailOpen data, effective penalties, an end to cost overruns. Corruption is a disguised tax. Transparent public procurement. The law applies equally to everyone: to the powerful and the humble.
Read full detailMore local power, participatory budgets, government close to the people. Decisions where people live. Participating is not just giving an opinion; it is influencing, deciding and sharing responsibility.
Read full detailOnline procedures, one-stop shop, digital citizen file. The State cannot be an obstacle. Meritocracy and interoperability. The citizen will not be a messenger of bureaucracy.
Read full detailMore police close to the people, early prevention, youth with opportunities. Break the cycle of the gang. Recovery of public spaces and police intelligence with data analysis.
Read full detailsThat the Canal's revenues reach the people. Integrated logistics platform with agriculture, energy and digital. The Canal's sovereignty is defended by turning its strength into national well-being.
Read full detailsNew National Water Authority. Guaranteed access in Indigenous comarcas and rural areas. Without water there is no Canal and no future. Watersheds integrated into management and a progressive end to water tanker trucks. “Every balboa invested in water produces four in economic return. It is not an expense, it is the best investment.”
View National Water PlanThe testimonies of those who are building this movement. From Bocas to Darién, passing through the comarcas, the interior and the capital.
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Official information about the registration process and statements by Martín Torrijos Espino.
The process of collecting signatures and citizen endorsements moves forward through the Electoral Tribunal's digital mechanisms at uneregistro.com and through community delegates throughout the country.
Martín Torrijos reaffirms that water is a fundamental human right. He proposes the creation of the National Water Authority and the integration of multipurpose reservoirs to guarantee 24/7 water in communities and protect the draft of the interoceanic waterway.
To learn about tour announcements, provincial assemblies and live statements, check Martín Torrijos's verified social media: Instagram (@martintorrijos), TikTok (@martintorrijosoficial) and YouTube (@martintorrijose).
A public servant with a vision of the State, international economic training and the experience of having led the greatest structural transformations in Panama in recent decades.
Graduate in Political Science and Economics from Texas A&M University (USA). He previously graduated from St. John's Military Academy in Wisconsin. Between 1988 and 1992 he worked as Administrative and Operations Manager at McDonald's Corporation in Chicago.
He designed the comprehensive reform of the prison system and the professionalization of the National Police after the post-invasion era, receiving explicit recognition from the UN and the Government of Spain.
Elected with a resounding "Patria Nueva" mandate with 47% of the votes. During his term, Panama reached record growth rates of 8% to 11% annually, reduced the fiscal deficit and achieved investment grade status internationally for the first time.
After resigning from the structures hijacked by traditional party corruption and obtaining more than 700,000 votes in 2024, Martín Torrijos calls on the entire country to build the UNE Movement, the first political movement without bosses or intermediaries.
Documented answers based on the official historical record about Martín Torrijos Espino and the UNE Movement.
Martín Erasto Torrijos Espino (Chitré, 1963) is the son of General Omar Torrijos Herrera (1929–1981), who led the recovery of sovereignty over the Canal with the Torrijos-Carter Treaties of 1977. Martín continued that commitment to Panama: economist from Texas A&M, 35th Constitutional President (2004–2009), driving force behind the Canal Expansion and today founder and leader of the Movimiento UNE.
Martín Torrijos completed his secondary studies at St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin. He later earned two university degrees at Texas A&M University: Political Science (1986) and Economics (1988). In the private sector, he worked between 1988 and 1992 as Administrative and Operations Manager for McDonald's Corporation in Chicago (USA) and has been an international economic advisor in maritime, construction and agro-export areas.
During the presidency of Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Torrijos was appointed Deputy Minister of Government and Justice. In that position he led the modernization of the Panamanian prison system and the professionalization of the National Police, promoting the police career and respect for human rights, work that was expressly recognized by the United Nations (UN) and by the Government of Spain.
It was one of the main milestones of his presidency. Martín Torrijos promoted the project for a third set of locks and, in strict compliance with the Constitution, called a national referendum held on October 22, 2006. The proposal was ratified with 76.8% of the votes cast. The engineering works formally began during his term in 2007, culminating successfully in 2016.
Facing an imminent technical bankruptcy of the pension fund, Torrijos convened a tripartite National Dialogue with workers, doctors and businesspeople. This process gave rise to Law 51 of 2005, which maintained the institution's public and solidarity-based character, established a mixed model with individual savings for new generations, incorporated fiscal contributions from the State and increased the number of active contributors to more than 920,000 people, guaranteeing the system's stability for more than 15 years.
His administration reorganized the State's social and technological apparatus by creating:
Martín Torrijos is a full member of the Club de Madrid, the largest international forum of democratic former heads of State and Government dedicated to strengthening democracy, the rule of law and global leadership. He has also participated as an electoral observer for the OAS and in Ibero-American integration forums.
After publicly denouncing the kidnapping of the PRD by clientelist cliques linked to corruption and to the distribution of community budgets without oversight, Torrijos left the party and ran as an independent in the 2024 presidential elections (backed by the Popular Party). He achieved second place nationally with more than 700,000 citizen votes. That popular force is the base of the current UNE Movement (Une Panamá).
UNE is a broad, plural and inclusive organization built on 4 ethical principles (work that progresses, education with employment, guaranteed health and territorial equity) and 10 programmatic axes with concrete costs, deadlines and responsible parties. It defines itself as a civic platform with no owners or intermediaries.
Registration is free, voluntary and can be done directly online through the official platform validated by the Electoral Tribunal at uneregistro.com, or in person with the authorized books and delegates of each provincial chapter.
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