This summer, Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, chaired by Miguel Ángel Ramírez, has begun to develop a Canarian agenda in the USA through San Antonio de Texas, a city founded by islanders during the time of King Philip V, with the help of the UD Las Palmas advisor, Rafael Mendez and the general director of the Canary Islands entity, Patricio Viñayo. The yellow plan idea of generating Institutional diplomacy through culture and sports patronage.
The step taken by UD Las Palmas coincides with that taken last May by Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, who announced that from the 25-26 season There will be official matches in the United States. UD Las Palmas has announced with this news the existence of a new department in its organisational chart:
international expansion. What has happened in Texas is a first step in the US where there is a historical presence of islanders but with the Focus on developing a medium-term strategy.
For the moment, the Canarian club, which already has agreements in China, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Germany and the United Kingdom, among other scenarios, has expressed to the Texan authorities its desire to seek collaboration formulas with this city in the United States, founded in 1718 by families displaced from the Canary Islands.
Canarias has a commercial office in San Antonio, Texas and capacity to roots to unite authorities The American alliance with UD Las Palmas is largely the product of the Canarian doctor Alfonso Chiscano, who passed away a few years ago. He was a Canarian hero of unity between both zones and has a street in the capital of Las Palmas. Chiscano became a director of BBVA Compass in Texas and was one of the most influential Americans of Spanish origin in the White House.
The director general of the entity, Patricio Viñayo; the person responsible for International Expansion, Carlota Aparici; and the project director of the UD Las Palmas Foundation, Francisco Diazhave met with councillors from the City Council of the Texan city for this purpose.
San Antonio Councilman Manny Peláez, in charge of relations with Spanish cities and entities; the Director of Protocol and Diplomacy of the City Council, Sherry Dowlatshani; the specialist in International Relations Tanzila Kaiumova expressed their desire to make initiatives a reality which they discussed during their meeting, the club added.
In the US, contrary to popular belief, there are more Hispanics in Texas than in Florida. LaLiga president Javier Tebas announced last spring that “the league will be played abroad. I think it would be in two seasons: In 25-26 it is a goal that I set for myself“, said the executive born in Badajoz in statements to Expansión. And he insisted that the initiative will “strengthen” the position of the main Spanish tournament “in the North American market.”
