President Leonel Fernández met with the visiting members of the Latin American and Caribbean section of Socialist International, the social democratic political organization. Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, a social democrat party, and who is running for mayor of Santo Domingo was the host of the important visitors during their stay in Santo Domingo. Several former presidents of Latin America attended including Luis Ayala (Colombia), Raúl Alfonsín (Argentina), and Jaime Paz Zamora (Bolivia).
