President Leonel Fernandez was scheduled to visit the New York Stock Exchange this morning in the company of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, as reported in El Caribe.
As part of his official visit, Fernandez met with directors of New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service yesterday, and signed a cooperative teachers’ training agreement between the New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein. Fernandez is featured in an interview in The New York Times on occasion of his visit.
Later today, he is scheduled to fly to Miami to join Prime Minister PJ Patterson of Jamaica, Prime Minister Patrick Manning of Trinidad & Tobago, President Ricardo Maduro of Honduras, Prime Minister Gerard Latortue of Haiti, President Oscar Berger of Guatemala, President Antonio Saca of El Salvador and President Enrique Bolanos of Nicaragua in their participation in the CCAA’s 28th Annual Miami Conference on the Caribbean Basin. The event is being held at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Miami, Florida and began on 6 December. President Leonel Fernandez is scheduled to give the keynote address at tonight’s closing dinner.
See http://www.c-caa.org/04conf_agenda.html
President Fernandez is expected to return to the DR on Thursday, 9 December after having spent nearly one week in the United States.