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Mon Aug 27, 2018, 10:33 AM Aug 2018

Congressman Vicente Gonzalez to invite Mexico's president-elect to the Rio Grande Valley

MCALLEN, RGV – Having had a successful meeting with Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s chief of staff in Mexico City, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez feels comfortable in inviting Mexico’s next president to the Rio Grande Valley.

Gonzalez was part of a congressional delegation that visited Mexico and Guatemala. The delegation included U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Congressman Ruben Kihuen of Nevada.

In Mexico City, the delegation met with Alfonso Romo, a businessman from Monterrey who is chief of staff to López Obrador, along with Mexico’s undersecretary for foreign trade, Juan Carlos Baker, and Secretary of the Economy, Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal.

“I would like to invite Andrés Manuel López Obrador to our district. To meet people in our community. I would like that,” Gonzalez, D-McAllen said.

Read more: https://riograndeguardian.com/gonzalez-to-invite-mexicos-president-elect-to-the-rio-grande-valley/

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