PANAMA CITY — A gay Panamanian lawyer who once lived in D.C. is leading efforts to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples in his country. Iván Chanis Barahona is working on behalf of a gay couple ...

Saturday afternoon, with dusk coming on, Panama’s mild-mannered President Daniel Chanis screwed up his courage to summon Colonel Jos´ (“Chichi”) Remón, chief of national police, for a painful ...