President Leonel Fernandez is traveling to Costa Rica today to join the XIV Iberian-American Summit Conference of Presidents and Heads of State. He is scheduled to return on Sunday, 21 November. First Lady Margarita Cedeno, Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, the Presidential press secretary and the head of the Reserve Bank of the Dominican Republic will form part of the official entourage on the trip, during which Fernandez is expected to sign a financial agreement with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BIEC). This trip is a continuation of the aggressive strategy of integration Fernandez has followed since his inauguration. He will also meet with the director of the FAO, the United Nations organization that deals with food and agriculture, and with Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe Velez as well as the head of the Spanish government, Jose Rodriguez Zapatero.