Prince of Asturias Felipe de Borbon and his new wife Letizia will be here for the inauguration of President-elect Leonel Fernandez on Monday, 16 August. Prince Felipe has visited the DR several times and also attended Fernandez?s previous Presidential inauguration in 1996.
The presidents of Costa Rica Abel Pacheco, Nicaragua, Enrique Bolanos Geyer, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil.
A bonus of the visit of President Lula da Silva of Brazil will be the show games played by star players of the five-times world champion Brazil football team. The team arrives on 15 August and is scheduled to train at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Stadium. Included in the expected roster of footballers are Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid, Espana), Ronaldinho (Barcelona, Spain), Kaka and defenseman Cafu (Milan, Italy).
The team is making the stopover in Santo Domingo on its way to play a game for peace in Port-au-Prince. Entry tickets to the game are being swapped for guns.