Joe Biden sends to the federal Senate the appointment of a Puerto Rican as ambassador to Panama
January 6, 2022 | Puerto Rico
Three months after announcing his appointment, President Joe Biden referred today to the Senate the appointment of Puerto Rican Mari Carmen Aponte as United States Ambassador to Panama.
Biden announced on October 8 his decision to appoint Aponte as the diplomatic representative of the United States to the government of the Central American country. Under the Barack Obama administration , Puerto Rican Aponte was the United States Ambassador to El Salvador and Acting Deputy Secretary of the State Department for Latin America. She was also executive director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration (Prfaa) during the government of Sila María Calderón… (Excerpts from El Nuevo Dia)
