Mexican president leaves for official visit to S America

Submitted by admin on Sat, 08/15/2009 - 20:07

Mexican President Felipe Calderon left Mexico on Wednesday for an official visit to Colombia, Uruguay and Brazil, presidential office said.

Calderon will meet his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe in Colombia's capital Bogota and speak at the opening of 12th International Book Fair on Wednesday.

On Thursday, Calderon will place a wreath at Bogota's monument to Simon Bolivar, hold a second meeting with Uribe and receive the keys of the city from Bogota mayor Samuel Moreno Rojas.

Calderon will meet his Uruguayan counterpart Tabare Vazquez on Friday and spend the weekend in Uruguay before flying to Brazil on Monday.

Alongside Calderon, the Economy Minister Gerardo Ruiz Mateos, the Foreign Minister Patricia

Espinosa Cantellano, the leaders of the ruling National Action Party, major opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party and left-wing Revolutionary Democratic Party will accompany during the visit.