President Danilo Medina held a bilateral meeting with President Carlos Alvarado of Costa Rica on the occasion of the latter’s visit to Santo Domingo for the summit of the heads of government and state of the Central American Integration System (SICA) that took place 28-30 June 2018. On 8 May 2018, President Medina had traveled to San José, Costa Rica to attend the inaugural of the young Costa Rican president.
At 38 years, Alvarado is the youngest of the incumbent presidents of Central America and the Caribbean. Alvarado has a bachelor’s degree in communication and a master’s degree in political science from the University of Costa Rica, and a master’s degree in development studies from the University of Sussex in England.
President Medina also held a bilateral meeting with President Juan Carlos Varela of Panama.
The bilateral meetings took place at the convention center of the Ministry of Foreign Relations prior to the plenary of the SICA Summit.
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2 July 2018
