The Vice Prime Minister of Cuba, Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca, leads the island's delegation that will take part in the presidential transfer of command ceremony in Guatemala this Sunday.
During his short stay in the country of Quetzal, Tapia Fonseca will hold meetings with Cuban employees, local authorities and representatives of other sectors.
The delegation also includes the South American director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Carlos de Céspedes Piedra, and the Cuban ambassador to Guatemala, Nazario Fernández Biosca, adds PL.
Heads of government, senior officials, foreign ministers and diplomats from more than 60 countries will arrive in Guatemala this Saturday for tomorrow's inauguration of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo.
On January 14, there will be a ceremonial session of Congress in the legislature itself (without heads of state or delegations) and then another corresponding to the swearing-in and inauguration ceremony.
The latter will take place between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time in the Efraín Recinos Great Hall at the Miguel Ángel Asturias Cultural Center.
Arévalo, a sociologist by profession and former diplomat, is described as a progressive and surprise winner of the 2023 elections and will assume the presidency for the period 2024-2028.