By The Star Staff
Senate President José Luis Dalmau was elected president of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas Wednesday for the 2025 to 207 period during the organization’’s XXVII General Assembly.
COPA is an organization that brings together legislators from the Americas and the Caribbean. The activities held in Puerto Rico from Monday, December 9 to Wednesday, December 11, brought together parliamentary delegations from countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jamaica, the United States, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.
“It is an honor to be the fourth Puerto Rican to preside over this important organization. During the past few days, we brought together important leaders from all over America in Puerto Rico, where we discussed issues such as artificial intelligence and laws to strengthen the role of women in our society and the economy in each of our countries. Being president gives our country an opportunity to expose ourselves to all the countries in our region, from Canada to Argentina,” said Dalmau Santiago. Past presidents from Puerto Rico were Antonio Fas Alzamora, Kenneth McClintock, and Eduardo Bhatia.
The COPA General Assembly, which was chaired by the current president Sylvain Lévesque, from Canada, also chose representative Estrella Martínez, as the Vice President of the Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas.
“Inclusion and political pluralism are essential principles in the COPA General Assemblies. For this reason, I agreed to preside over this important organization. We are proud to have hosted this event, which fosters respect and promotes parliamentary collaboration between our sister countries,” added the president of the Senate.
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