President Leonel Fernandez met with former United States President, George Herbert Walker Bush in Casa de Campo, La Romana over the weekend. The informal meeting at Venezuelan industrialist Gustavo Cisneros’s house was also attended by US ambassador Hans Hertell, former Secretary of State James Baker, and Cuban-American businessman Pepe Franjul, one of the owners of Casa de Campo. The meeting was private, and no details were given to the press about what was discussed. Only a short photography session was allowed before the press was shooed away.