Paraguayan President Santiago Pena was hospitalised on Monday for a “slight indisposition” whereas attending the G20 summit in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro, his workplace mentioned.
“He’s at present finishing the pertinent medical checks,” his workplace mentioned in an announcement. “The hospital will difficulty a medical report within the subsequent few hours.”
The G20 Summit is at present going down in Rio de Janerio underneath Brazil’s presidency, with a deal with poverty and local weather financing.
Though Paraguay will not be part of the G20 nations, Pena was invited by Brazil “within the spirit of selling a extra consultant perspective of growing international locations, particularly Mercosur companions,” as per a press assertion from the Brazilian authorities.
Vice chairman spoke with Pena after hospitalisation
In a put up on social media, Vice President Pedro Alliana mentioned he had spoken with Pena after he was hospitalized within the Brazilian metropolis’s Samaritano Hospital.
“He’s doing properly and awaiting the outcomes of his medical exams,” Alliana mentioned.
Pena, who turned 46 on Saturday, took workplace in August final 12 months.
Beforehand an economist, he’s the youngest president the South American nation has seen because the fall of Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorship.
Stroessner was overthrown in February 1989.
