The Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden will make a stop in Santo Domingo during the second week of March as part of a tour that is taking him to Chilean President Michelle Bachelet’s swearing-in ceremony on 11 March. He is traveling with his wife, teacher Jill Biden. As announced by the White House, he is coming “to discuss a broad range of bilateral issues, as well as regional cooperation.”
Biden has traveled extensively in Latin America and the Caribbean. He has also visited Mexico, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago and Brazil.