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The president of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pouannounced this Monday that he gave a positive test for covid-19 and for that reason it will suspend its participation in the Summit of the Americas, which began this Monday.
“Because of the trip tomorrow to the Summit of the Americas in the US, I had a PCR done today. The result of it was that I am positive, “he wrote on Twitter.” As a result of this situation, I must cancel all activities for the next few days, “he added.
Due to the trip tomorrow to the Summit of the Americas in the US, I had a PCR today. The result of it was that I am positive for COVID 19. As a result of this situation, I must cancel all activities for the next few days.
– Luis Lacalle Pou (@LuisLacallePou) June 6, 2022
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Lacalle Pou was going to attend the Summit of the Americas from June 8 to 10, which will take place in Los Angeles (United States).
The presidents of Chile, Gabriel Boric, and that of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, had invited him to a meeting, within the framework of that event, which began with the confirmation of the United States that it had not invited Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela for the situation of democracy and human rights in those three nations, according to what a senior US official told Efe.
In addition, the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced that he will not attend because not all the countries of the continent are invited.
Since the start of the pandemic, 11 ministers have announced having tested positive for a test of coronavirus. The last were the Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining, Omar Paganini, and the Minister of Public Health, Daniel Salinas.
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