Donde manda capitán, no manda marinero.
“Where the captain commands, the sailor does not.”
Authority follows the chain of command; the one in charge makes the final call.
— Traditional Panama Wisdom, Panama
Source: Traditional Spanish-language proverb, shared Hispanic/Latin American oral tradition, public-domain (in common use across Panama)
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