The president of Paraguay, Santiago Pena, “he was fine” after being inadmitted this Monday night to a hospital in Rio de Janeiro where he attends the G20 leaders’ summit as a guest, due to an “indisposition”sources from the Paraguayan Presidency reported in Asunción.
“We inform that the President of the Republic, Santiago Peña, was treated today at the Samaritano Hospital (Botafogo) in Rio de Janeiro due to an indisposition,” Paraguayan authorities said in a statement.
In a medical bulletin, the hospital later said that Peña, who turned 46 on Saturday, “he became unwell in the afternoon” and was taken to the health center for diagnostic tests. “The head of state He is well and his current state of health is stable.“he added in a note.
“I spoke with President Santiago Peña (…). He is fine, awaiting the results of medical examinations,” Paraguayan Vice President Pedro Alliana reported earlier on the social network X.
For her part, the president’s wife, Leticia Ocampos, also reiterated on social networks that Peña is “fine,” while thanking the messages of support received.
“He is fine, he is still under observation and awaiting results at the Samaritan Hospital in Rio de Janeiro,” he wrote in X.
Thank you all for the messages of support for Santi. He is fine, still under observation and awaiting results at the Samaritan Hospital in Rio de Janeiro.
— Leticia Ocampos (@LetiOcamposP) November 19, 2024
The Brazilian press reported that the Paraguayan president He suffered “pain in his chest” during the meeting of leaders of the world’s main economies at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio, and that he was subjected to an electrocardiogram that showed certain alterations, which led to his hospitalization.
Shortly before becoming unwell, the Paraguayan president highlighted in a presentation to the forum his country’s progress in reducing poverty and extreme poverty in the last 20 years.
Peña He traveled to Rio de Janeiro this Sundaywhere he participated in this day of the G20 leaders’ conclave. Paraguay is not a member of that group, but the Paraguayan president participates in the leaders’ meeting invited by the host of the meeting, his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, along with other leaders.
The president announced this Monday on his account on the social network The Republican leader will lead starting next January.
The president highlighted that “Paraguay and the United States maintain a fraternal friendship and a historical relationship of collaboration.” “And I am sure,” he added, “that under your Presidency and with your vision those ties will become even closer, under the ideals of freedom and prosperity.”
Peña He was sworn in as president in August 2023.becoming the youngest president of the democratic era that the South American country inaugurated after the fall of Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorship (1954-1989).