Zulay Rodríguez Lu (born June 20, 1969) is a Panamanian lawyer, professor, and politician of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD).

[1] She earned her degree in law and political science cum laude at the Santa María La Antigua Catholic University (USMA) in 1992.

[3] On September 4, she presented 14 proposals that she would implement if she were elected president of Panama, ranging from agricultural measures to the equitable distribution of wealth.

[4] In the PRD primary, held on September 16, 2018, Rodriguez received 18% of votes, surpassed by Laurentino Cortizo with 68%, and finishing ahead of former President Ernesto Pérez Balladares, who ranked third with 7%.

This elicited various criticisms, with some groups of foreign nationals and naturalized citizens calling her "xenophobic", and characterizing her comments as ones of "hate, politicism, and divisionism.