The president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, congratulated the city of Lima on Tuesday for being chosen to host the 2027 Pan American Games, competitions that Asunción, the Paraguayan capital, also aspired to host.
“I congratulate Peru for choosing Lima as the venue for the 2027 Pan American Games, wishing them the greatest success. From Paraguay we will support sport more and more to take the country to the top”, Peña published on his account on the social network X.
Lima was chosen this Tuesday as the host of the 2027 Pan American Games, replacing Barranquilla, in an extraordinary general assembly of the 40 Olympic Committees of the continent held in Miami (United States).
The capital of Peru achieved a total of 28 votes, in an election process carried out remotely by the 40 Olympic representatives of the continent.
Asunción announced last January its interest in hosting the Pan American Games.
The Paraguayan capital was the scene of the XII South American Games in October 2022 and is chosen to host the II Junior Pan American Games in 2025.
The headquarters of the 2027 Pan American Games had been handed over to the city of Barranquilla (Colombia), but the sports organization Panam Sports, which brings together the Olympic Committees of America, withdrew the organization last January, considering that it had failed to comply with the contract. signed.
Source: Gestion
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