The candidate for the Presidency of the Republic for the Colorado Party, Santiago Peña, culminated on Saturday the intense agenda developed for six days in the United States.
The candidate’s tour was marked since Monday, January 23, by important meetings with North American political and academic authorities, among them prominent congressmen, a meeting at the State Department, a lecture at Georgetown University in Washington DC, a meeting with the entourage of Paraguayans residing in that country and their presence for an interview on the prestigious international network CNN.
On Saturday, the Colorado candidate completed his agenda, first at a breakfast with Cuban, Colombian and Chilean businessmen, where he conveyed the opportunities Paraguay presents for investment. Then he had lunch with the mayor of Miami-Dade, Daniella Levine Cava, with whom they discussed issues such as the possibility of a direct flight between Miami and Asunción, as well as analyzing international cooperation.
MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES
Peña began his agenda in Washington and held a meeting with Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) at the aforementioned representative’s residence. Among other points, they discussed the challenge that the countries that make up the OAS have to join efforts to strengthen the integration of nations in order to generate more opportunities for progress for their inhabitants.
In the following days, Peña held very important meetings; among them, a working meeting with Senator Marco Rubio of the United States Republican Party and his presence at the International Republican Institute, a non-governmental organization in the United States. That day’s agenda also included a visit to the State Department, and he was received by Mark Wells, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the State Department and head of the Office of Western Hemisphere Affairs; as well as Buxter Hunt and Bruce Friedman, also senior officials.
TAIWAN, ON THE AGENDA
On January 25, Peña participated in meetings with Congressman Darren Soto, from the Democratic Party, and also with Republican Congressman Carlos Giménez; to later have lunch with Ambassador Hsiao Bi-khim, representative of Taiwan in the US.
Santiago Peña was also at the studios of the prestigious CNN network for an interview with journalist Juan Carlos López; In addition, that day he had to speak at the Georgetown Americas Institute, the oldest Catholic university in the United States.
An interview on CNN, meetings with Paraguayans in Washington DC and Miami, as well as academic and business meetings in both cities, occupied the last days of Santiago Peña’s tour of the United States.