Prince Felipe's Visit to Paraguay and the Dominican Republic: August 14-16, 2008

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El Príncipe viajará a Paraguay y República Dominicana para las tomas de posesión de Lugo y Fernández

The Prince will travel to Paraguay and Dominican Republic for the captures of possession of Lugo and Fernandez

The Prince of Asturias will travel this month to Asuncion and Santo Domingo to represent Spain in the acts for the captures of possession of the elect presidents of Paraguay and of Dominican Republic, Fernando Lugo y Leonel Fernandez respectively.

The ex-bishop Fernando Lugo will take possession of his cargo next August 15 in Asuncion, the Paraguayan capital, and already 10 chiefs of State have confirmed their assistance at least and up to 76 international delegations.

One day later, on August 16, Don Felipe will move to Santo Domingo to be present at the acts on the occasion of the capture of possession of the Dominican president, Leonel Fernandez, which obtained the re-election in the elections of last May.

 

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August 14 and 15

Capture of possession of the elect President of Paraguay, Mr Fernando Lugo Méndez
Asuncion (Paraguay)

Casa de Su Majestad el Rey de España

August 15 and 16

Capture of possession of the elect President of Dominican Republic, Mr Leonel Fernandez Reyna
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Casa de Su Majestad el Rey de España

 

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Aguas - El diario Joven de Aguascalientes

Prince Felipe will meet Lugo and Duarte on Thursday in Asuncion

Prince Felipe will meet next Thursday in Asuncion the Paraguayan president, Nicanor Duarte, and the ex-bishop Fernando Lugo, that the following day will assume the headquarters of the State, they informed today official sources.

In agreement with the official program, the inheritor of the Wreath of Spain will come to the Paraguayan capital on Thursday morning to be present at the capture of possession of the elect Paraguayan president.

In the early afternoon, the Prince will support a hearing with the next president of Paraguay, in the official residence of the chief of Mburuvichá Roga's State, and later he will meet Duarte, in his Asunción's particular residence.

On Thursday morning, the Prince of Asturias will receive in hearing representatives of the Spanish collectivity in Paraguay, in the residence of the ambassador of Spain, and later he will have lunch in the same place with personalities of the political, economic , culture and socially of the country.

His first day of stay in Asuncion will be closed with the dinner offered by the salient president to the personalities that will be present at the acts of the transfer of being able, in the Palace of Government.

On Friday, the official delegations will be present at the act of oath of the president Lugo in a theater box raised next to the Congress, in the center of the capital, and the tedéum that will be informed in the nearby Cathedral.

Before the midday there will be realized the official greeting of the elect president to the foreign delegations in the Palace of Government.
The Prince of Asturias will not take part in the lunch offered by Lugo, because he has foreseen to travel to Santo Domingo, where he will be present on the 16th at the capture of possession of Leonel Fernandez Reyna for his second mandate.

 

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Llegó a Paraguay el príncipe de Asturias-

The prince of Asturias arrived to Paraguay

In a plane of the air Spanish force, the prince of Asturias, Felipe de Borbón, arrived to Asuncion to be present at the act of Fernando Lugo's oath. There did not come the princess Letizia. This evening it will be got by the ex-bishop. The prince of Asturias was got by the national chancellor Rubén Ramirez Lezcano and the Spanish ambassador in Paraguay, Miguel Ángel Cortizo.
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Prince Felipe arrives at Asuncion international Airport, Paraguay
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With Paraguayan Foreign Affairs Minister, Ruben Ramirez and Spain's Secretary of State for Ibero-America, Trinidad Jimenez
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Prince Felipe arrives at Asuncion international Airport, Paraguay
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With Paraguayan Foreign Affairs Minister, Ruben Ramirez and Spain's Secretary of State for Ibero-America, Trinidad Jimenez
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I am really impressed that Spain has several women in the upper eschelon of government.

 

[LadyFinn]

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Paraguay's President-elect Fernando Lugo meets Spain's Prince Felipe at the presidential residence Mburubicha Roga in Asuncion
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Ecuadorean First Lady Anne Malherbe; Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa; Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte; Paraguayan First Lady Gloria Penayo de Duarte; Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez; Uruguayan First Lady María Auxiliadra Delgado; Taiwan President Ma Ying-Joeu and Prince Felipe pose for a picture during a dinner at the Government Palace in Asuncion
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Prince Felipe waves to the audience upon arrival at the inauguration ceremony of Paraguay's President
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Prince Felipe, Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, Honduras's President Manuel Zelaya and Ecuador's Rafael Correa attend Fernando Lugo's inauguration ceremony
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Prince Felipe and Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou attend a Catholic mass after Fernando Lugo's inauguration ceremony
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Prince Felipe gives a present to Dominican President Leonel Fernandez at the presidential palace in Santo Domingo
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Prince Felipe shakes hands with delegates as he arrives for the swearing in ceremony for Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez in the national congress in Santo Domingo
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Prince Felipe speaks with Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez
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Prince Felipe gives a present to Dominican President Leonel Fernandez at the presidential palace in Santo Domingo

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Prince Felipe speaks with Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez
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he is a very elegant man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tan_berry]

Prince Felipe was last night in the state banquet offered by president Fernández at the National Palace. He travelled by himself, I mean without CP Letizia.

 

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His Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias, accompanied by the minister of Foreign Relations of Paraguay, Rubén Ramirez Lezcano, at his arrival to the International Airport Silvio Pettirosi of Asuncion
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Don Felipe, with out-standing members of the Paraguayan society, before the lunch in the Residence of the Embassy of Spain
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The Prince, with the elect President, Fernando Lugo, in Mburuvichá Roga's Palace
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Don Felipe and the salient President, Nicanor Duarte
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His Royal Highness with the Presidents of Ecuador, Rafael Correa; of Paraguay, Nicanor Duarte; of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez; and of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou; together with the First Ladies of Ecuador, Anne Malherbe; of Paraguay, Gloria Penayo de Duarte; and of Uruguay, Maria Auxiliadra Delgado, before the dinner in the Palace of Government
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His Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias together with the Presidents of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, and of Uruguay, Tabaré Vazquez, during the ceremony of capture of possession
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The Prince of Asturias, at his arrival to Dominican Republic
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His Royal Highness delivers to the President Fernandez Reyna a letter of His Majesty the King
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Don Felipe, together with the President of El Salvador, Elías Antonio Saca Luga, in the dinner offered by the President Fernandez Reyna in the Presidential Palace
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The Prince, in Paraguay

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El Príncipe, en Paraguay - Antena 3 Noticias


http://www.hoy.com.do/el-pais/2008/8/17/243912/Principe-Felipe-ofrece-almuerzo-y-audiencia

 

[Winnie]

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he is a very elegant man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh My! I have always thought Felipe is a striking, elegant & sensual man!