{"id":24076,"date":"2007-07-19T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-19T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pancanal.com\/en\/?p=24076"},"modified":"2021-09-10T13:42:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T13:42:22","slug":"spanish-prime-minister-jose-zapatero-visits-panama-canal-expresses-interest-and-support-for-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pancanal.com\/en\/spanish-prime-minister-jose-zapatero-visits-panama-canal-expresses-interest-and-support-for-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Prime Minister Jose Zapatero Visits Panama Canal, Expresses Interest and Support for Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>EXPANSION &#8220;WILL FURTHER ESTABLISH PANAMA AS THE CENTER OF GLOBAL COMMERCE IN LATIN AMERICA&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 19, 2007 &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0On his first official visit to Panama Tuesday, Spanish Prime Minister Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero visited the Panama Canal where he reiterated his interest in and support for the Canal expansion project.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Zapatero arrived at the Panama Canal Visitor&#8217;s Center in Miraflores for a one-day visit where he met Panamanian President Mart\u00edn Torrijos. He was also greeted by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Board of Directors Chairman and Minister for Canal Affairs Dani Ariel Kuzniecky and ACP Administrator Alberto Al\u00e9man Zubieta.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0a statement\u00a0thanking President Torrijos and the ACP,\u00a0Mr. Zapatero\u00a0said, &#8220;In this moment of economic growth and development for Panama, this ambitious project to expand the Canal will further establish Panama as the center of global commerce in Latin America.&#8221; Additionally, the Prime Minister, accompanied by Spanish businessmen interested in the expansion, expressed a strong desire to strengthen the economic relationship between the two countries and to encourage Spanish business investment in Panama and the project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Spanish Prime Minister&#8217;s visit demonstrates the economic importance and value of the Panama Canal expansion project for Spain and the international community. We greatly appreciate the support and enthusiasm of the Spanish government,&#8221; said Mr. Alem\u00e1n following the presentation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Panama Canal Authority<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is the autonomous agency of the Government of Panama in charge of managing, operating and maintaining the Panama Canal. The ACP is governed by its organic law and the regulations approved by its Board of Directors. For more information, please refer to the Panama Canal Authority&#8217;s Web site:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pancanal.com\/\">http:\/\/www.pancanal.com\/<\/a>.\u00a0For Panama Canal video, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewsmarket.com\/panamacanal\">www.thenewsmarket.com\/panamacanal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXPANSION &#8220;WILL FURTHER ESTABLISH PANAMA AS THE CENTER OF GLOBAL COMMERCE IN LATIN AMERICA&#8221; PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 19, 2007 &#8211;\u00a0On his first official visit to Panama Tuesday, Spanish Prime Minister Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero visited the Panama Canal where he reiterated his interest in and support for the Canal expansion project. 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