President Luis Abinader, accompanied by his counterpart in Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, and the mayor of San José, Paula Vargas Ramírez, unveiled the plaque of the patrician Juan Pablo Duarte y Díez, located in the Dominican Republic Park, in the community of San Francisco de Dos Ríos, in the Costa Rican capital.
The activity was organized by the Municipality of San José in response to an initiative by Ambassador Mayerlyn Cordero Díaz to restore the bust of Duarte, carved by Dominican sculptor Augusto Rotellini, and its subsequent transfer to a place with greater visibility and accessibility for visitors. to the park.
Addressing those present at the event, President Abinader highlighted the magnitude of the figure of Juan Pablo Duarte, his honesty, his transparency, his patriotic and democratic sense. “That is the vision and it is the idea that we have of the Dominican Republic today,” said the Dominican president.
This figure, (Juan Pablo Duarte), of whom we are very proud, the president expressed when addressing the students of the Dominican Republic School invited to the event, was the one who created the patriotic passion to become independent, so I hope that you Every day they see it as a sign of our friendship and of the identification between our peoples, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.”
The Dominican president thanked the mayor of San José, the aldermen, officials and workers of the municipality, on behalf of the Dominican Republic, for having made this recognition to Duarte, an act, which will always be present.
President Abinader was accompanied by Ministers Roberto Álvarez, of Foreign Affairs; José Manuel -Jochi- Vicente, from the Treasury; Víctor -Ito- Bisonó, from Industry and Commerce, Ambassador Mayerlyn Cordero Díaz and officials from the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Costa Rica.
In addition to President Carlos Alvarado, Costa Rica was represented by Rodolfo Solano Quirós, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Alexander Cano Castro, president of the Municipal Council; José Zamora, councilor for San José and the director of the Dominican Republic School, Vinicio Solís.
Members of the Dominican community and its board of directors, as well as the Duartiano Institute, Costa Rica branch, and other special guests were also present accompanying President Abinader in the unveiling of the plaque.
