{"id":20291,"date":"2019-12-03T08:48:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T15:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?p=20291"},"modified":"2019-12-07T13:27:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T20:27:23","slug":"colombia-presidential-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/colombia-presidential-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"COLOMBIA PRESIDENTIAL VISIT"},"content":{"rendered":"<a id=\"colombia-presidential-visit\"><\/a>\n<p style=\"font-size:21px\">Secret Service, City of South Miami Police, security guards, dignitaries, guests, and members of the press gathered at Dante Fascell Park on September 27th to usher in a \u201cfirst\u201d in South Miami\u2019s history&#8211;the hosting of a president from a foreign nation. Colombia\u2019s Ivan Duque Marquez was on his way to the Park to recognize a series of initiatives involving the Sister Cities of Medell\u00edn and South Miami, including Colombian Art in Public Places, a video teleconference language exchange program, and the celebration of Medellin\u2019s flower festival in South Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">The event featured remarks by Mayor Philip K. Stoddard, City of South Miami, Commissioner Josh Liebman, Medellin Sister City Ambassador, Pedro Agustin Valencia, Consulate General of Colombia, President Ivan Duque M., and Dr. Santiago Medina, sculptor and Colombian Sculpture Garden curator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20297\" data-link=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?attachment_id=20297\" class=\"wp-image-20297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-4.jpg 529w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-4-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-4-97x67.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-4-395x275.jpg 395w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-4-97x67@2x.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20299\" data-link=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?attachment_id=20299\" class=\"wp-image-20299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-1.jpg 529w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-1-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-1-97x96.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-1-277x275.jpg 277w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-1-97x96@2x.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20298\" data-link=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?attachment_id=20298\" class=\"wp-image-20298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-5.jpg 529w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-5-97x65.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-5-412x275.jpg 412w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-5-97x65@2x.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20293\" width=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-2.jpg 529w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-2-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-2-97x47.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colombia-Presidental-Visit-2-97x47@2x.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photos above:&nbsp; South Miami Mayor Philip K. Stoddard presents President Iv\u00e1n Duque M\u00e1rquez with a plaque commemorating his visit; President Duque addressing the guests at the Colombian Sculpture Garden&nbsp; event; South Miami Commissioner Josh Liebman and the President; Members of the South Miami City Commission with President Duque, and joined by sculpture garden artists and the Colombian Consul General.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Read more about the event and the Sister City program in our exclusive cover feature starting on page 31.&nbsp; <em>SOMI Magazine<\/em> also published a Sister City feature in its October\/November 2018 issue. Click below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-somimag-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xTJmqG602n\"><a href=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/somimag-october-november-2018\/\">SOMIMAG October\/November 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe title=\"&#8220;SOMIMAG October\/November 2018&#8221; &#8212; SomiMag.com\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/somimag-october-november-2018\/embed\/#?secret=xTJmqG602n\" data-secret=\"xTJmqG602n\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secret Service, City of South Miami Police, security guards, dignitaries, guests, and members of the press gathered at Dante Fascell Park on September 27th to usher in a \u201cfirst\u201d in South Miami\u2019s history&#8211;the hosting of a president from a foreign nation. 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