Panama offers safe passage to Venezuela's Maduro to allow for transition

Maduro claimed victory in his reelection bid late last month, but the political opposition in the South American nation has done the same while the electoral authority has yet to release detailed vote tallies.

"If that's the contribution, the sacrifice that Panama has to make, by offering our soil so that this man and his family can leave Venezuela, Panama would do it without a doubt," Mulino said in an interview.

Panama is part of a group of Latin American countries that have cut diplomatic ties with Venezuela since the disputed July 28 election, including Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Peru, and Uruguay.