Paraguay, 2003
Asuncion
August 14 • Arrival at “Silvio Pettirosi” international airport.
• Press conference upon his arrival at the airport.
• Meeting with Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, at the airport’s protocol lounge.
• Official conversation with Nicanor Duarte, president elect of Paraguay, at the Presidential House.
• Press conference after his visit to the Presidential House.
• Press conference upon his arrival at the Sabe Center Hotel.
• Meeting with the outgoing president, Luis Gonzalez Macchi.
August 15
• Fidel attended the inauguration of the new Paraguayan President, Nicanor Duarte.
• Meeting with deputies and senators of the parties Colorado, Union Nacional de Colorados Eticos, Patria Querida and Liberal Radical Autentico, represented in Congress, at the Sabe Center Hotel.
August 16
• He laid a wreath on the Pantheon of the Heroes. Meeting with the press.
• Interview granted to journalists Mina Felixiangeli and Roberto Perez of Channels 4 and 9 respectively of the Paraguayan television at the Sabe Center Hotel.
• Visit to Augusto Roa Bastos, a Cervantes Prize laureate in Literature, at his residence.
• Speech delivered at a meeting in solidarity with Cuba, at the National Sports Council.