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Miami Mayor Manny Diaz Honors Consular Corps of Miami in Reception by the Bay
(Miami, Florida) – City of Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, joined by the Chairman of the Mayor’s
International Council, Miami Commissioner Joe Sanchez, hosted an annual reception in honor of
the Miami Consular Corps on Wednesday, November 28, at the Coral Reef Yacht Club, 2484
South Bayshore Drive, Miami. Over one hundred guests attended, most of them members of the
consular corps, along with prominent representatives of our city’s business, media, arts, and
cultural communities.
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Mayor Meets With Vice
President of Argentina,
Daniel O. Scioli
On Wednesday, June 14th,
2006 Mayor Manny Diaz met
with Mr. Daniel O. Scioli
Vice President of Argentina
in City Hall. During their
meeting, the Mayor and Vice
President Daniel O. Scioli
discussed the progress of
Miami 21 and the Miami
Police Department. The Mayor
also described the upcoming
Mayors Hemispheric Forum and
the importance of Mayors of
the hemisphere joining
together to discuss similar
issues facing the region.
City of Miami Launches Toy Drive for Children
Affected by Tropical Storm Noel in the Dominican Republic
(Miami, Florida) – Miami Mayor Manny Diaz kicked off a toy drive on Thursday, November 29th for the children of the Dominican Republic
at Juguetelandia by Valsan, 2547 N.W. 20 Street in Allapattah. The Mayor was joined by Miami Commissioner Angel Gonzalez, Consul General of the Dominican Republic in Miami Manuel Almanzar and President of Juguetelandia Ruben Valdes.
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Mayor
Goya Exhibit Opens at
the Freedom Tower in
Miami
City of Miami Mayor
Manny Diaz, joined by
Miami-Dade College
President Eduardo
Padron, and Spanish bank
President, Julio
Fernandez Gayoso,
inaugurated the Goya
Exhibit, with more than
500 attendees from the
Greater Miami community.
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Goya
Exhibit Hits Miami
Download Goya Exhibit
Invitation (PDF)
Mayor
Diaz Addresses Senior
Bankers of UBS
Miami Mayor Manny Diaz
was chosen by UBS, a
leading global financial
firm, to speak on
leadership to a group of
senior bankers as part
of the investment bank's
training program. A team
of UBS managing
directors from around
the world visited City
Hall where Mayor Diaz
emphasized that setting
goals and hard work are
key to his formula on
leading the City.
A group of 150 senior
level bankers from UBS
convened in Miami for a
closer look at our local
business, political and
cultural leadership.
Miami was chosen as one
of 3 emerging
international cities by
UBS as a site for their
SUMMIT program focusing
on leadership skills
training. The Swiss
based bank operates in
50 countries and is a
major sponsor of Miami´s
Art Basel.
Mayor
Diaz Hosts First Mayors
Hemispheric Forum
On September 25 and 26,
Mayor Manny Diaz hosted
18 Mayors from the
United States, Latin
America and the
Caribbean at the first
Mayors Hemispheric
Forum. The two day-day
forum, organized in
partnership with CEOs
for Cities, the U.S.
Conference of Mayors,
Manhattan Institute and
the Mayor’s Institute on
City Design, aimed to
strengthen ties between
Miami City Hall and
mayors from across the
hemisphere. The forum
also served as an
opportunity for the
region's big-city
stewards to offer
insights and success
stories that might be
helpful to their
counterparts. For more
information about the
Mayors Hemispheric Forum
please visit
www.miamigov.com/mhf2006.
Mayor Meets With Vice
President of Argentina,
Daniel O. Scioli
On Wednesday, June 14th,
2006 Mayor Manny Diaz met
with Mr. Daniel O. Scioli
Vice President of Argentina
in City Hall. During their
meeting, the Mayor and Vice
President Daniel O. Scioli
discussed the progress of
Miami 21 and the Miami
Police Department. The Mayor
also described the upcoming
Mayors Hemispheric Forum and
the importance of Mayors of
the hemisphere joining
together to discuss similar
issues facing the region.
Mayor
Announces Partnership
Between City of Miami and
Spanish Soccer Team Real
Madrid
On Tuesday, May 23rd, Mayor
Manny Diaz was joined by
soccer superstar Emilio
Butragueño, VP of Real
Madrid, to announce the
partnership between the City
of Miami and the Spanish
soccer team Real Madrid to
establish a Summer Soccer
Academy in the Orange Bowl.
This announcement is part of
a larger plan of cooperation
between the City and Real
Madrid to transform Miami
into a world class soccer
hub in the Americas.
Mayor’s
International Council
participates in FISPAL Latin
Food Fair and XXVII CAMACOL
Hemispheric Congress
As part of its international
promotion activities, the
Mayor’s International
Council participated in the
FISPAL Latin Food Fair and
the XXVII CAMACOL
Hemispheric Congress the
week of May 10 – 12, 2006.
Over 200 companies and
governments from throughout
Latin America, Spain and the
United States participated
in this event whose goal is
to match food producers from
Latin America with
distributors in the United
States.
Annual
PODER Forum takes place at
Miami's City Hall
On Friday, April 28th the
Annual PODER Forum took
place at Miami's City Hall.
The day-long conference
brought together some of the
Hemisphere's political and
business decision-makers,
including Miguel Insulza,
Secretary General of the
OAS; Luis Alberto Moreno,
President of the
Inter-American Development
Bank; Dr. Emilio Gonzalez,
Director of the US
Citizenship and Immigration
Services, among others.
Commissioner Joe Sanchez,
Chairman of the Mayor's
International Council,
opened the Forum by
welcoming all the
participants to Miami and
its historic City Hall. MIC
Board Member Dr. Eduardo
Padrón also spoke at the
event, highlighting Miami's
role as the meeting point of
ideas and cultures in the
Western Hemisphere.
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