2005News

President to travel to Colombia

Although it has not been officially confirmed, President Leonel Fernandez will be traveling to Colombia next Tuesday where he will meet President Alvaro Uribe and make the inaugural speech in the Sixth Forum of the Biarritz Group, according to a report in Diario Libre. Upon his arrival, the President will participate in a meeting called “Latin America, a Model of Development and Governance”, which will take place in Bogota. Fernandez will present a book on Governance and Latin America during this event which is organized by the Bogota Chamber of Commerce. On Thursday, 29 September, the President will launch the Sixth Forum of the Biarritz Group together with President Uribe, former President Ernesto Samper, and Juan Jose Ibarretxe, Head of Government of the Basque Country. The Forum, which ends on 30 September, is one of the most important meetings of European and Latin American heads of state, former presidents, business leaders and municipal authorities.