The general secretary of the Ibero-American Youth Organization, Alejo Ramirez met with President Danilo Medina at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Thursday 30 January, to announce the appointment of Santo Domingo as Ibero-American Youth Capital for 2014. Brasilia was the capital in 2014. The event will be coordinated in the Dominican Republic by Minister of Youth Jorge Minaya. Also visiting the President was Bruno Vanhoni, of the National Youth Secretariat in Brazil, and Laiza Johnson, youth coordinator at the Panamanian Social Development Ministry.
“We want to recognize the work being carried out in the Dominican Republic in recent times. We believe there has been a substantial change in public policies for youth by this government,” said the general secretary when outlining the reasons for the appointment.
President Medina pledged to bring topics of the youth agenda to the next Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government set for Veracruz, Mexico in December 2014.
The Ministry of Youth will celebrate its annual National Youth Award. The winner of the award is Dominican actress Marta Gonzalez, better known for her appearances in several soap operas for Televisa, Univision, Nickelodean and Telemundo.
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