PANAMA CITY -
U.S. first woman Jill Biden arrived in Panama Friday, her second cease on a three-country Latin America go to earlier than the USA hosts the Summit of the Americas subsequent month in Los Angeles.
Biden landed in Panama Metropolis round noon and went on to the presidential palace for a gathering with Yasmin Colon, Panama's first woman.
The 2 first girls later visited a close-by college to find out about Colon's "See and Hear to Study" program, which supplies eye and listening to exams -- and eyeglasses and listening to aids, as wanted -- to college students.
Kids waved Panamanian and U.S. flags in greeting on the Childhood Dwelling College. Colon confirmed Biden lecture rooms the place kids's listening to and sight was being examined. The ladies spoke with kids receiving new eyeglasses and listening to aids.
Biden arrived from Ecuador, the place she emphasised the shut relationship between nations of the Americas and the way the financial or political scenario in a single can have an effect on the others.
The Biden administration has been attempting to construct momentum within the area forward of subsequent month's Summit of the Americas, however has confronted pushback over its unwillingness to ask Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to take part.
Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador mentioned final week he wouldn't attend if international locations had been excluded.
Biden has mentioned he needs to signal a regional declaration on migration and safety on the summit. The U.S. has been speaking to governments all through the area about controlling migration flows and inspiring some international locations to host extra asylum seekers to reduce the stress on the U.S. border.
Panama is a essential transit nation for migrants touring from South America towards the U.S. They cross by means of the dense jungle of the Darien Hole that divides Panama and Colombia.
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