Dr. José Joaquín Puello, president of the Dominican Olympic Committee and the 2003 Pan Am Games Organizing Committee, said in San Juan, Puerto Rico that construction of the Pan Am Village in Santo Domingo will begin this coming February 2000. The village will be built diagonally across from the main site of competitions, the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. He said that the DR will be assisted by US, Cuba and Canadian technicians in the organizaton of the 2003 games. Puello also said in San Juan that Pan Am competitions may be held in Santiago de los Caballeros, La Romana, San Cristóbal, Baní and La Vega. Puello was in Puerto Rico for the election of the president of the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (ODECABE). He was re-elected by 32 attending delegates on Saturday, 11 September.
