Presidents of the nation, departmental councilors, municipal councilors, ministers of the executive branch and of the presidency of the Republic, presidents, directors of entities, parents, in this way, ladies, gentlemen, also representatives of the public forces, military and police, teachers, parents and the little children, inhabitants from today of this beautiful center of comprehensive care for early childhood. You may take a seat, please. Thank you so much. Ladies and gentlemen, ministers of the Executive Branch and of the Presidency of the Republic, Mr. Governor, Mr. Mayor, ladies and gentlemen, please take a seat . Now, officially, with a loud round of applause, we welcome the presidential couple. Mr. President of the Republic, Santiago Peña Palacios and his wife Mrs. Leticio Campos, high national, departmental, municipal authorities, ladies, gentlemen, special guests, parents and children present at this activity. To officially begin this inauguration ceremony, we invite those present to stand and sing the Paraguayan national anthem . [music] [music] [music] [music] [music][bell] [music] to the peoples [music] of [song] [music] one [music] [music] day [music] [music] [music] our fathers [music] God [music] I [music] his glory more and [music] [music] [music] Raise the river to triumph and destroyed [music] the [music] public death our river gave us freedom [music] and offer servants where I reign, I am where I come. [music] I here [music] you can take a seat, please, for this inauguration ceremony of the Comprehensive Child Care Center Caipi. The following are the words of the Minister of Children and Adolescents, His Excellency Walter Gutiérrez. Good morning. There's a popular saying, " Third time's the charm." On the third attempt, well, the day finally arrived where we are meeting here in the city of Santaní to formally, officially, protocolarily, so to speak, inaugurate the eighth Kaip that we have in Paraguay, the Comprehensive Care Center for Early Childhood of the Seeds of the Future program, because on the first occasion that we tried to inaugurate it, we already received instructions from the president that since we could not arrive due to some inclement weather issues, this place could already be open to receive the children and the family of that day, it is already receiving and attending to people. Dear President, dear First Lady, authorities present, today is not just any day for the city of Santaní. Today is an important day because we are not only here to cut the ribbon, but today we are here to sow opportunities for the boys and girls of the department of San Pedro, of the city of Santaní, officially enabling the activities. What we are here to do today is to put into practice and implement that magic word that we always say, which is to give people an opportunity. We always sing the national anthem at official ceremonies, and part of the national anthem says "union and equality." And what is our obligation as a state is precisely to equalize opportunities and access to rights for children and families, especially those who need it most. We are here today because the president, the first lady, and the team are all aware that childhood cannot wait. That is why childhood is at the center of the public agenda, at the center of the public policies proposed by President Peña's government, with programs like Zero Hunger, with programs like this one, Seeds of the Future, which seeks to address the care and protection of our children from minute zero. So, these opportunities that we are providing and implementing through this, we are making it possible for the place where a child grows up and is born not to define their future, because these policies, which are scalable and present in all 17 departments of the country, seek to generate precisely that territorial reach and that opportunity that our children and their families deserve. This doesn't happen by itself. This is an ambitious undertaking, as the president says, a bold investment never before seen for early childhood. And we built this under the leadership of the President of the Republic and the First Lady, who made the strong, firm and unwavering decision that we had to move the needle, we had to do something different, we had to do something that would truly have a significant impact on people's lives. And he said that we can't do this alone. And I want to thank and greet Governor Fredy de Eclesis and his wife, because at the beginning of his term we came, visited the department, discussed all the things that were needed, and after launching the program, you will remember that we also came to present which municipalities would be included, and to explain what it all consisted of. And with that said, we have other great friends and actors. The beloved municipal mayor Agustín Novando. Together with these local authorities, we toured the area, seeing which was the right place to build this project, which is not just a building, which is not just a shell, but has enormous content that will benefit hundreds of children . I take this opportunity to greet other great allies we have in parliament, including Representative Carmen Jiménez Obando, Representative Jorge Barresi, and Representative Leonardo Sais. I also extend my greetings to each and every one of the parliamentarians who support this territorial management, and who also support us when approving budgets. Mr. President, the government has sent a major increase in previous years, especially this year . That is why we are supporting and accompanying this process, providing an opportunity through this 360-degree public policy to care for early childhood. Why is early childhood important? Because it is the moment where, if we give children an opportunity, it changes forever the future of that child, that teenager, that young person who will become tomorrow, and that adult. This is how we are building our nation, this is how we are constructing it. Today we came as the first lady early in the nation's capital. We participated in the inauguration of a forum, listen carefully, an Ibero-American forum on pedagogical innovation for early childhood with the presence of 30 international exhibitors from 23 different countries who came to talk about early childhood in Paraguay. And the organizers told us that in 2018, coincidentally, the first meeting was held in Paraguay, and only three countries participated. Today, 8 years later, Paraguay takes the lead in early childhood development, becoming the host country, and 23 different nations come to talk and perhaps 8 years ago, the president and first lady came to talk and debate what we have to do, how we have to do it. Eight years later, Paraguay welcomes them back , but this time we had the First Lady with us. We received them, but we only stayed for the formal greeting because we had to go and cut the ribbon on what was on paper today, to translate it into reality. Today this is a reality. It is a reality because we have a government, we have a president who made the decision to invest, because the decision to invest must be made. Sometimes we have the full range of resources and a president of the Republic has the power to decide where to invest. Santiago Peña, President Santiago Peña with the First Lady, Mrs. Leticia. They made the decision to invest at the critical moment, critical I say, in the good sense of human life, which are the first days of life. So I think that really deserves applause. It is a courageous decision that no other government has made to have this kind of impact . In this place our children will receive all the attention, all the love, all the affection, all the care, all the stimulation that is so important. A child who has access to early and timely stimulation is a different person. And you can see that change in months, right? The First Lady toured the kippies we had already inaugurated, because the First Lady has the particularity of remembering the children and when we have other visits months later she remembers them by name and she herself tells us how she can see and how she can appreciate the change. It's not just us who see it, the mothers tell us. When we go to visit each other, we meet the mothers. And the mothers tell us that it changed their lives, not only because they have a place to leave their children, but also because today they see their children much more alive, much more active, much more awake. Today in these rooms our children will receive the best care and attention. 360 Policy because mom will be able to go to work because she will also move the wheel of the economy by accessing a job. Because the specialists here, teachers who work in the area of early childhood, know how important this is. Because economists, Mr. President, know that for every dollar we invest in this age group, it has a rate of return of 17 times more. That's why these are important and courageous decisions, where we are already enabling medical care services, health care, developmental assessment, referral to more complex centers, and psycho-pedagogical care. The president is always full of pride and tells us, "Today in the public sector we have a service that is very humble, but much better than in the private sector." And it's not just in the capital; it's in the capital, but also in all 17 departments. Today we are inaugurating the first one in San Pedro, in the Santaní department. But that doesn't stop us because they are in full construction, not even at the beginning of the process, they are in full construction. As a teacher at heart, as director and person in charge of this institution, I know the importance and the quality, the way in which they are going to arrive. It was hard for all of us, we do n't know how, right? So, this parenting school, which will also be available here on Zoom, will not only teach how to better care for, raise, and stimulate your children, but will also empower mothers and women. In the seven CAIPES , hundreds of women and some men have already been trained and trained by the SNPP. That is the teamwork that the president sends us , a civil registry office that we have enabled to guarantee timely access to identity for our boys and girls. This is how we built the great Paraguay from the beginning, all together, citizens, community, national government, departmental government, municipal governments, parliamentarians, all together for the Paraguay we want and for the Paraguay we dream of. Let the gaps no longer be an excuse. Let's continue to close the gaps together by making these services available. for our families and for our children who need it most of all. So that it may be of great benefit and use to mothers, for the And what we are inaugurating today is creating the conditions. Today we are here to inaugurate, to launch and put into operation a service of very high impact for the community. When a child is born, he comes into the world with his sensors, his senses, the five senses that put the child in contact with life. The more stimuli there are, the more neural connections are generated. The more intricate that neural circuit is, the greater the child's development. Therefore, with proper nutrition, but also adequate stimulation of the senses, physical development, and emotions, that child will develop their full potential. Therefore, these kipis are central; they are extraordinary spaces to generate the foundation, the starting point for the subsequent development of these children, not only for school, but for life. Today we have this great blessing of being able to have the Comprehensive Early Childhood Care Center on the institution's grounds. This center that is now being inaugurated will teach Ella many things, and when she finishes, she will go directly to school because her cousins ​​also attend there, so they will all go together. What the Paraguayan government is leaving today, the First Lady's office, is for you, mother, father, family, and especially for each of these children. [music] Below, in this inauguration ceremony of the comprehensive early childhood care center in the city of Santaní, the words of the President of the Republic of Paraguay, Santiago Peña Palacios. Good afternoon, dear friends. Dear friends, good afternoon to the children. Municipal shed about 10 years ago, do you remember? And that for me, I want to tell you, for those who don't know, I was coming on one of my first outings as a candidate, a pre-candidate for president of the Republic, I came here to Santaní to try to convince the leadership and I came hand in hand with the agreement. And I remember that I stopped and hugged her, as agreed. And I remember that I stood up and hugged Carlos Jiménez and said to him, " Thank you, Mayor." Because that's what I want people to talk about. Because when one speaks from the heart, it is impossible to be wrong. But it gave me energy, it gave me fuel, it gave me the determination to say, "I'm not going to stop." We both feel enthusiastic. He's enthusiastic about my work and I'm enthusiastic about his, and we've forged a relationship of colleagues. Why? I was already assuming this very important position, to which the Paraguayan people and the Colorado Party have honored me, and I'm not going to let them down. I was talking about how Paraguay is a giant, a giant that is preparing to awaken. And that giant, that giant isn't in the capital, it is n't in the neighborhoods of Asunción, where the political presence of the Paraguayan state is concentrated, where the seat of executive power, the seat of judicial power, and the seat of legislative power are located. No, no. The giant Paraguay is awakening in the heart of Paraguay, in San Pedro, in Concepción, in Amambay, in Canindy Yu, in Alto Paraná. The giant Paraguay is awakening in Alto Paraguay, in Boquerón, in those places where the municipal and departmental authorities were We were very close to the problems, but the solution was too far away. Taking care of the children is a project to which you have dedicated a lot of your heart and tremendous commitment. Because we had to raise our children. We became parents at 17. 17 years old. I don't recommend it to young people, do I? But we had to take this on at 17, and we received it as a gift from God, and we raised two wonderful children. Gonzalo, we embraced that parenthood and we were going to do it responsibly, and many of the desires I had, I still didn't have answers for everything. I did n't cling to this idea, and in the first months of my term, I went to defend the Paraguayan people. I went to defend each of those children in a negotiation with Brazil, a giant, the eighth largest economy in the world, and our partners in the Itaipu entity, which generates energy, but which also has to generate resources for the Paraguayan people. And in April 2024, months after having Having assumed this responsibility, we achieved a historic negotiation that gave us the resources to make this dream of caring for the children of Paraguay a reality. [applause] See this seed, because it's like a building, an infrastructure, bricks, foundations. This is the Paraguay that is awakening, this is the giant Paraguay that wants to be strong. And these children, our sons and daughters, our grandchildren— and I embrace them as if they were my own children and grandchildren— will be responsible for ensuring that this giant, Paraguay, can continue to walk with pride, that Paraguay continues to progress, and that this department, the department of San Pedro, which has faced many difficulties and many injustices, because San Pedro, within the eastern region, is the largest department in Paraguay. I say this with a strong commitment, and that is what I will continue working on until the last day of my administration. Tomorrow we are going to the department of Paraguarí, to the city of Yahuarón, the ninth, and we will continue like this in the coming months until we reach number 50. And what I want the people of Santaní to understand is... And what I want the people of San Pedro to understand is that, just as Don Carlos Antonio López and the founding fathers, before him, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, understood that Paraguay, that independent nation born in 1811, knew that education was the tool of progress. Paraguay reached its lowest levels of illiteracy. That is why Paraguay was a prosperous nation in the time of Antonio López. This model that we are beginning with you today, because I cannot do this . We could never have done this. And I repeat this because, beyond the enormous privilege of being President of the Republic and the tools that a President of the Republic has, no one can do it alone. I cannot do it alone. I have no problem asking for help, asking for help from the governor, from the mayors, from the representatives, from the senators. Let's ask for help from the community, from the doctors, from the teachers, from the parents, because this comprehensive care center will show the path that we must repeat in each of the cities. We have already begun not only in In Santaní, we've already started in San Pedro Amandillú, we've already begun in Shoré, but this will have to be the model to be replicated in each of the municipalities. We have to reach the point where every child, from six months old, has to receive care, has to have adequate nutrition, has to have the right to their identity, because here they will be able to establish that very important right through the civil registry office. Those who want to get married will also be able to get married here. Well, I can tell you that in the other CAIPIS (Comprehensive Care Centers for Children and Adolescents) there have already been several marriages, so if some muleteer goes there, they'll be disappointed and say, "No, there's nowhere to get married." Here they can get married, there's no excuse. No excuses. This is a comprehensive center, as its name suggests, here the children and the parents, because I, like Walter, know there's no school for parents. We learn from them, from our children, and we try not to make mistakes. Well, here the parents go They'll receive information, they won't have to listen to their often odious mother-in-law telling them how to raise their child. Here they'll be able to receive training, learn a trade, have medical care, and receive psycho-pedagogical support— things that aren't offered in the private sector today. But what this aims to be is a model to be replicated. We want every governor, every community, to come and see this, to see this example. We Paraguayans operate through observation. We want to see. This is a reality that we can see today, we can touch, the children can experience. And I assure the parents that these children who are entering the Santaní CAIP today , when they go to school, to preschool, will arrive in a different way, they will learn in a different way, and this, of course, doesn't solve everything, but it's a very important step that is combined with school meals, combined with reading materials, like never before in the history of Paraguay. No government in the history of Paraguay has provided As many reading materials as we have delivered in these three years. And the children here at the Caipi, the children who attend the CAPI, and their siblings will be able to enter the room where the books are, to share them, to become familiar with them, because that book is the key to a better world. That book, that reading, will allow that child to imagine a world that today they cannot see, cannot touch, but can imagine. And if that child imagines a different world, they will work and fight to build that world. That is the great Paraguay. I want to highlight that today the Bibliobus is here , also an initiative of the First Lady and our dear Walter, to ensure that we can't put wheels on the Kaip to go to every community, but we already have a mobile KPI that carries the same concept, the same logic. It doesn't have all the services, but it allows us to reach the most remote communities. 7,000 children in the first month already had the opportunity. This is a seed whose first shoots we are beginning to see today, but we still have a long way to go. Much lies ahead. And today I want to tell you that I am filled with enormous optimism and with even greater strength and determination than I had 10 years ago when, after hearing that I had not yet earned the trust of the people of Santaní, I set myself the goal of working tirelessly. And today I will say it again: I will continue working tirelessly so that the people of Santaní trust this young president who is fighting for each and every one of you. We are today about to carry out a civic act: the municipal elections. A moment of enormous importance in the democratic life of the Republic of Paraguay. This is an opportunity that only comes around every five years, and I am determined not to waste it because my work is impossible without the collaboration of the departmental and municipal governments. And far from wanting to politicize any event, I want to offer my testimony and my plea to the people to choose wisely on October 4th, because I need committed mayors, municipal authorities who will support the initiatives, who will... Political pettiness must end, and chromatic differences must never again be paid for by the most needy. That is why I encourage you to go and vote. And I, as a political actor from a political party, encourage you to preferably choose the candidates who emerged from the party primaries held on June 7th by the Colorado Party. I will work tirelessly alongside each of you, asking the governor and mayors to always put the people first , because ultimately, the people are the only ones who elect and remove authorities. That is why today I come to reaffirm to those I still need to convince in Santaní and San Pedro, I promise you that I will not let you down and I will continue working until the last day of my term to convince you that no Paraguayan has done more for San Pedro than this young Paraguayan, Santiago Peña Palacio. Thank you very much. [ applause] These were the words of the President of the Republic at this inauguration of the Comprehensive Early Childhood Care Center (CAIPI) in the city of Santarín. To move on to the next part, we ask the children to please come forward to the tricolor ribbon so they can be privileged witnesses to this very special moment of the official opening of this center here in the city of Santarín. Please gather behind the ribbon with the teachers who are accompanying us for this very special moment, with the presence of the President of the Republic, the First Lady, and high-ranking national, departmental, and municipal authorities. Please come forward for the ribbon cutting with the main protagonists of this story. The children are ready to join the President of the Republic and Mrs. Leticio Campos in this ribbon cutting, officially inaugurating this center, which will be their home from today onward, for the boys and girls of this district in the department of San Pedro. The President of the Republic, the First Lady, and national, departmental, and municipal authorities are also present, and the event will be broadcast by Paraguayan state media, media from the department of San Pedro, and also by the local municipality. The children, the girls who, at the direction of the President of the Republic and the First Lady, will be cutting the ribbon. Right now, the ribbon-cutting and the opening and inauguration of this new CAIP (Early Childhood Care Center) here in the department of San Pedro, in the Monz neighborhood, is underway. The President of the Republic will enter before the unveiling of the plaque. Obviously, we'll try to move forward because then the President will tour these facilities. This new CAIP here in the department of San Pedro , in the Mongelos neighborhood, is the eighth CAIP that has been delivered today. And tomorrow, as the President of the Republic mentioned regarding tomorrow's presidential agenda, in the department of Paraguari, in the city of Yaguarón, the ninth CAIP will be delivered, with the goal of delivering 50. I wanted to ask a question about the unveiling of the plaque right now, and the President will proceed to inspect the classrooms inside this CAIP. I'm going to doubt you, your ability, to try to enter. The Minister is also accompanying me. of childhood. Well, here comes the president, one of the greetings. We already saw the images in that first entrance. The Minister of Agriculture is also here, playing on his home turf. We're talking about Carlos Jiménez, who is also here to accompany the delivery of this CAIPI (Early Childhood Care and Education Center), as the authorities enter the Semilla (Seed) or Semillita (Little Seed) classrooms. Let's see if we can accompany them. We're inside this classroom, in this Semillita one, also observing through the images of Luis Saucedo, our cameraman. The First Lady of the Nation, Mrs. Leticia Campos, is also here. The Governor of the Department of San Pedro, Fredy Eclesis, is here. Minister, we're live for the state media. The eighth CAIP delivered. They're going for the ninth tomorrow, but today the reality here in the department... Yes, actually the first CAIP in the Department of San Pedro, here in Santaní. Honestly, it's an immense joy to also feel the satisfaction of the people, of the community. The CAIP, as everyone knows, we already tried... To inaugurate it once. We had some weather problems, but the president has already requested that it be fully operational. This is now fully functional. Today we're here to hold the official ceremony for this service, which is already having a fantastic impact on the community, right? Many children, all the services available here in San Pedro are also being built in Choré, in San Pedro Command of Yu. So we're moving forward with the implementation, and as you mentioned, tomorrow we'll be in Yaguarón. This doesn't stop, this continues, it goes on, and as we've discussed before , there will come a time when these inaugurations will be practically one per week, and we're already seeing the fruits of so much work and how it's having a positive impact on people. Your speech was very important, Minister. This is a fundamental priority within public policies for children. Attention to children is at the heart of President Santiago Peña's government policy. That's undeniable with all the programs he's implementing, and well, this is one of them. A novelty of the Republic. Also accompanying us is the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Carlos Jiménez, who will now enter this room. Authorities in what we mentioned, and the work that has to do with the Ministry of Public Works in that aspect. In another room. We are going to try to hear what the President says to the children. From the nation, national and departmental authorities. Also here is the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Early Childhood Care here in the department of San Pedro is extremely important, what they were also mentioning, the public policies that reach this very important department. We celebrate the opening of the first Early Childhood Care Center in the department of San Pedro, which is, of course, a department with a significant population, and Santaní, as one of the cities with the highest population density, having a center like this inaugurated is truly a solution to many of the problems we have in large cities. And well, we, as local authorities, celebrate this opportunity that we have here for families who might want to require this investment that today We celebrate the opening in the department. Thank you, and I also want to mention the strengthening of this agricultural system, and the arrival of the Kaip. We are in the recreational park. Right now, we are in the recreational park. We are also taking photos with the president and in one of the three halls. We are talking about 350 square meters. In total, there is also one behind it, next to the school, so you can imagine the number of parents who come to this place to try to find some peace and quiet and carry out their chores. When we are in another space, Semillita Tres, where the President of the Republic is currently continuing to share these activities with the children, we also see the staff and the national government, which is strengthening this and placing early childhood care at the center, as the minister told us . These first 1000 days, Governor Fredy Eclesis is here, along with some parents and staff from the different spaces we have here in these 350 square meters. m² where support for public policies regarding early childhood care persists, and specifically regarding this KAPI (Comprehensive Care Center for Early Childhood) delivered here in the department of San Pedro, Caip Santaní in San Tanislao. While touring the indigenous sites with the presence of national, departmental, and municipal authorities, the government officially inaugurates this new comprehensive early childhood care center, " Seeds of the Future," located in the neighborhood of comprehensive early childhood care centers. This is for children, this center primarily for this sector, for this important stage in their lives, the playroom, a space with books, play areas, while the president continues with requests for photographs from authorities and also mothers and fathers present. The First Lady of the Nation is here. We have the playroom on the right, then the lactation room and the multipurpose room. The President of the Republic continues his tour. When we see him now, the President is going to enter these Moments in the playroom area. In short, there is no difference in terms of the number of items distributed in these 350 square meters. We have the rooms called Semillitas 1, 2, and 3, the playroom where the President of the Republic is about to enter, the lactation room, and the multipurpose room, and obviously the recreational area for the children who come out in this space and have timely recreation. The First Lady of the Nation is also here talking with one of the mothers. We will wait for the President to enter another of the rooms, the playroom, and the mobile libraries. These are open to the community, as is the Vivio Blues or Vivi, which travels throughout the department bringing books and toys to communities far from urban centers. It is important to mention that the playroom and the mobile libraries are obviously designed to bring these services closer to the community and thus try to reach most sectors with these services offered in terms of the infrastructure that was Conceived with a comprehensive approach, and not only comprehensive but inclusive, where early intervention, family support, and community development occupy a central place, consolidating a four- seven school, seven-year-old school, first grade. Yes, one and six also the school. Very good. The President of the Republic's talk with the boys and girls present in this painting place. The President of the Republic is getting up. Another sector is coming, we can already see the police princess. One of the And in the classrooms, the playroom, where a significant number of boys and girls gather, is a place for learning, working, coloring, and getting to know each other. It's also a space for teaching and recreation. The president often visits one of the mascots, and we see a significant number of boys and girls in this place. Kaip is making the needs of children and parents a reality through public policies. that have to do with the care of children and especially the first 1000 days. The president is going to do it right now. I think one of the rooms is going to be removed. It is the eighth one delivered. The ninth one will be tomorrow in Yahuarón. Greeting from the president who is about to retire. There, surely, to the multipurpose library, the tranquility that in this way reaches the parents of the children who at this moment, and the Minister of Children, Walter Gutiérrez, told us, that this playroom, although it should have been inaugurated days ago, did not do so due to weather issues. The request from the President of the Republic was that this CAIP, this comprehensive early childhood care center, be fully operational. So, in this way, what was done today was officially, with the presence of the president at the inauguration, and they are also expected to attend. And so, in this way, it continues tomorrow. I am looking for the Minister of Public Works, but I don't see Claudia Centurión. The minister is there. We are going to approach the Minister of Public Works, who is very involved with the work being done within CAPI, with the verifications and also various other projects they are carrying out. We will be meeting with the Minister of Public Works shortly. We are here at the Comprehensive Early Childhood Care Center, the Caip, in the department of San Pedro, in San Estan Isislao, in the Mongeló neighborhood, that's the name of this neighborhood. And tomorrow the other Kaipi will be delivered in the department of Paraguarí in the city of Yahuar and other activities that the President of the Republic will surely carry out during his visit or on his official agenda in the department of Paraguarí tomorrow when the President is about to enter the multipurpose room where he usually gives speeches, where he usually gives a message. This site is being entered by the president's team between the national professional promotion service, the Ministry of Childhood and Adolescence so that these two areas, which are so important, can really converge here: attention to children, but also attention to parents, training, vocational training, generating spaces. These rooms have even been used for weddings in other cities . So if there's anyone out there who's getting married and we don't have a place, they can come and get married. 200 marriages have already taken place in Kaip in another city. So it also has the Civil Registry office, they have an office of the Ministry of Health, there is an office with staff in psychopedagogy, it really is a comprehensive center that we are making available to you today, right? So that they can take care of it, that they can enjoy it, and we assure the children who come here that those children will have a much better future in the coming years. So I'm very happy and very grateful. So, now I want to say a word of thanks to the national government, the President of the Republic, and the First Lady of the nation for thinking about the future of children, investing in the future of children, investing in these processes is not just investing, brother. On the contrary, that's why we were talking, Mr. President, that this is here to stay and this needs to be criticized. Those who come after will have to continue, if possible, to keep increasing, right? Because? Because it truly is something extraordinary, and on behalf of the department of San Pedro, I am very grateful, Mr. President, to the First Lady, and on behalf of all of us here , I am more than sure that we are all happy, pleased, and proud that you are our president. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you very much [applause]. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Before the end of the year, the start of construction is already scheduled for a truly model hospital, right? It will be financed by the Inter-American Development Bank and consequently, it also already has all its top- level equipment secured within that financing. That's a job that we're going to carry out over the next two years, and it will be at the service of the north of the country, which is the president's wish , right? that health is close to every Paraguayan citizen and of course this is in addition to the hospital in Concepción, the one in Curbugat, the one in Chaco, the national hospital in Itahuá, the one in Asunción that we are all doing at the same time. Hey Minister, there's also a project in Rosario that people are very interested in, about the coastal strip. Yes, our technicians are already working in the city of Villa del Rosario, right? to be able to work on, uh, give them a waterfront, uh, and that it will finally be a space that the citizens of Rosario can enjoy. And here's the important thing: we're already doing this in three other cities in the country simultaneously, right? We have Costanera in Concepción, Costanera in Villa and Costanera in the city of Pilar. And we're going to continue following this same dynamic, right? A Ministry of Public Works and Communications that not only generates great roads, but also social infrastructure works and quality public spaces that will also serve as coastal defense against floods, but will also allow our cities that often grew with their backs to the river, to our beautiful and wonderful Paraguay River, to now have that space so that citizens can enjoy facing the river, which is a blessing that we have in our country. which has to do with the revitalization of the city center squares. Well, we have internalized very much what this infrastructure is that brings happiness and quality of life, and that is what we are doing with interventions such as the program of the Historic Center of Asunción, carrying out a renovation, valuing all our heritage and giving it again a character of splendor as it had many years ago. Unfortunately, nobody took care of it until the government of President Santiago Peña came to power, and with the help of the First Lady, we are now carrying out this intervention. Today, Plaza Oleari is being renovated, Plaza Uruguaya is in full execution, and Parque Caballero is under construction. You can't imagine the number of children, the happiness of all the people, the users, that finally this park, this lung of the city, will be available to everyone. We started the works in the Plaza de los Desaparecidos (Square of the Disappeared). We are finishing the project, but the contractor was already, let's say, underway and hired for the independent Paraguayan. The other day we also announced that we want the commuter train to reach the port of Asunción, where there will also be new spaces for the enjoyment of the citizens in partnership with the private sector. So, a complete intervention, eh, to be able to give mobility, but quality public spaces to everyone, to all the people, and towards the Lque area where we are working in our urban trident, right? It is the viaduct that goes towards Argua and Luca, the largest in the Republic at 4 km, the work next to the 025 that will serve the people who live towards Mariano Rocalonso, allowing them to reach the Luque and Asunción area. eh close to the airport area and the duplication of the tapetu. Yes, well, all those works that are also of a road nature, but we have n't forgotten the work on our Ñuguazú Park, which people enjoy, and Guazú Park, right? He values ​​it so much. New bathrooms, a new customer service center, we're going to put the parking area out to tender. Every project really has to improve our quality of life. Improving the quality of life also means giving us happiness and space to enjoy time with our families. Thank you, Madam Minister. Thank you so much. Thus, with the words of the Minister of Public Works and Communications, Engineer Claudia Centurión, several points, several fronts that the Ministry of Works is facing in the revitalization of the squares of the center and also the hours of works mentioned by the Minister in relation to what has to do with Lucar Areuá and several fronts that the Ministry of Works is currently carrying out . The President of the Republic continues. In another room, I believe it's the civil registry room, if I'm not mistaken, when the First Lady of the Nation, Mrs. Leticia Campos, the Governor of the Department of San Pedro, Fredy Eclesis, the President of course, and also the Minister of Children and Adolescents, Walter Gutiérrez, come out on this tour of this new Caipi in the Department of San Pedro. It's the eighth Caipi; tomorrow the ninth will be delivered in Yahwuar, on the President's agenda in the Department of Paraguarí, and other activities that the President of the Republic will surely carry out tomorrow when he delivers the ninth Caipi. Let's see if another one of the rooms goes. The President of the Republic. Actually, several more rooms are missing. The dining room is missing. We continue this tour at the Caipi of San Pedro. That 's two more greetings. Then the President of the Republic will enter the dining room to finish his day. Well, the President of the Republic continues with the verification. It's 350 m² in another of the rooms we have here at Kaip in San Estanislado. We see the authorities, the governor of the department of San Pedro, Freddy Eclesis, who accompanied or is accompanying this entire tour, as they slowly leave they will go to another of the rooms, another of the halls in this place. Consulting room one, this eighth Kaip and added there the consulting room one. The consulting room number one is right next door . The minister, the general coordinator of the office, and the first lady enter. The last room will be the dining room. The President of the Republic is going to speak at this moment. Good afternoon. Thank you so much. I'm really happy to be here finishing this tour, this comprehensive care center that was already operating. We made an attempt to sell opportunities due to weather conditions. Uh, we hadn't been able to arrive. Uh, I asked for it to be put into operation and well, today we're here to tour, to give it this formality, right?, which we 're doing with each of the comprehensive early childhood care centers, explaining that this is a management model for early childhood, which we are convinced will generate a huge impact. Saint Peter, for me in particular, has a very important meaning. A geographically very large department, with a very, very large population, a population that often has to face long distances, and the arrival of the state has to improve, it has to expand. I am truly determined, and this inauguration is an example of that, along with the hospital whose construction will begin in just a few weeks. The large Santaní hospital will be a benchmark for the department of San Pedro, the school, a benchmark school that is also being built, and many other projects that we are carrying out and will undertake within the department of San Pedro. I am determined to continue working to support this great department, which requires the work and commitment of everyone. So I'm really very happy, very excited. I'm sure you were able to hear my message before this event and, well, to visit each of the rooms, to talk to the mothers, right? Mothers who are truly experiencing something unique today, that peace of mind, that security, knowing that their children are being well looked after, that they are being cared for, that they are being stimulated in a way that is practically irreplaceable. In other words, that child who comes to a comprehensive care center from 4 months old until the age of 4, and then enters the school system where she will encounter the hunger program, finds more educational materials, more books, that child will have a much better future and we are determined to invest in the future of Paraguayans. We know that as political actors we are always being challenged in the short term. We have a very important civic event on October 4th, but we are convinced that these actions, these measures, will leave a tremendous legacy, and I am truly very proud to be part of it, along with all my colleagues here in the department of San Pedro, to truly change the history of this department and offer it a better future. priority in public policies and caring for children, so much so that tomorrow the non-CAIPI will be delivered. Mr. President, we will also be in the city of Yahuarón tomorrow; there are another 41 [unclear] that are under construction. We want to finish the first 50 this year. This is really going to have a tremendous impact at a national level. There will not be a single department in Paraguay that does not have a comprehensive care center for people to go and see. We need to demonstrate that this public policy is tangible, it's real, and that this can obviously be expanded to all departments, in each of the districts, and in each of the neighborhoods, right? Just as the school system has expanded and grown tremendously today, we also believe that this Seed of the Future program will have a path that will not be reversed, just as we envisioned with the Zero Hunger program. This is a social achievement for Paraguayans, in which we have participated and played a leading role by proposing it, but this is truly a legacy that all Paraguayans will have to take care of. I will take care of him the day I cease to be president, but I will continue to be a political actor defending all Paraguayans. Mr. President, regarding the rumor about the break with HC, look, since August 15, 2023, they've always been talking about these rumors, right? The strength of the Honor Colorado movement was demonstrated on June 7th. Elections that practically showed that 90% of Hor Colorado's candidates won in the primaries. We are talking about 1,400,000 Paraguayans who are affiliated with the Colorado party who went to vote and from there came, I believe, the only democratic candidates, because there is a reality. The only party that holds internal party elections in Paraguay is the Colorado Party. So, the 263 mayoral candidates from the party's list one, I mean, and the 2800 councilors, councilor candidates from list one, are the ones who have popular legitimacy. And that is why I always encourage the Paraguayan people, now free of any political affiliation, to believe, to trust, because these candidates have already been evaluated, competed and were elected. So the Colorado Party is a big party, the movement is a very, very big movement, and I am sure that serenity and common sense will prevail. Today our work is dedicated to all Paraguayans and politically it is focused on supporting all the candidates on list one. Thank you so much. Words from the President of the Republic amidst CAPI data, the priority of public policies, childcare and also on partisan issues of the party. and inquiries from colleagues as well. The President of the Republic will now continue with his official agenda for today. At this moment the president, well, he has actually completed this entire tour and everything that our colleague Luis Aucedo has shown us in images here from the department of San Pedro. each of the rooms called seeds one, little seeds two and little seeds three and also the civil registry, the dining room part and everything related to the Kaip delivered here in the department. Tomorrow in the department of Paraguarí, the ninth CAIPI will be delivered through the national government and the work of the Ministry of Childhood and Adolescence and everything related to public policies regarding the care of early childhood during these first 1000 days. So from the department of San Pedro with images of Luis Aucedo and also the words of the President of the Republic, activity of the President with this CAPI, the eighth CAPI delivered here in San Estanislado. We'll continue with you.