巴拿马各政党积极备战2014年总统大选。总统马蒂内利的民众支持率下滑，但在经济上的表现为其赢回些许颜面。2012年巴拿马经济继续高速增长，经济各项指标稳定向好，巴拿马运河扩建工程对此贡献突出。然而，在社会方面，民众抗议政府的示威活动有愈演愈烈之势，警民冲突加剧。在外交方面，巴拿马政府继续积极推进同美国等国的自由贸易协定，对外关系的重心仍然放在吸引外国投资等经济目标上。
The political parties are actively preparing for the upcoming presidential election in 2014. Although Martinelli suffered his political unpopularity among the Panamans, his economic performance has compensated him for this. Panama's economy continued to develop with a high speed in 2012, with the economic indicators being stable. The Panama Canal expansion project made an outstanding contribution to it. However, in the social field, the public demonstrations in protest against the government were getting worse, resulting in the intensification of conflicts between the public and the police. In terms of foreign relations, the Panama government still remains its focus on the attraction of foreign funds and other economic goals; meanwhile it continues to promote the Free Trade Agreement with the United States and other countries.
