The agenda includes meetings with local authorities and the signing of strategic agreements between the two countries. The presidents of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa; and Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have arrived in the country. The presidents of Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz; Colombia, Gustavo Petro; Ecuador, Daniel Noboa; Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo; the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness; and the elected president of Chile, José Antonio Kast, will also participate in the forum's opening ceremony. The forum is presented as a complement to the Davos meeting in Switzerland and is organized by the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) and the Government of Panama. The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, was due to arrive between 7:00 and 7:30 p.m., but it was already past 8:00 p.m. and there were still no signs of his arrival. Petro is one of the presidents invited to participate in the inauguration of the second edition of the International Economic Forum of the Americas. The protocol was ready: the flags of Panama and Colombia were already raised, illuminated, and ready for the ceremony. Officials and local authorities remained on alert, while security teams coordinated the final details. Inside the VIP area, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Javier Martínez Acha, supervised every movement. The official visit was expected to include the traditional flag-raising and a bilateral meeting with President José Raúl Molino. This would be Gustavo Petro's third official visit to Panama. In the Panama Pacific terminal, the wait was long.
