DORAL, Florida, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Southern Command issued the following news release:

Paraguayan President Santiago Pena visited U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) today to meet with U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, as well as other command and Department of Defense leaders.

This marks the first visit to the command headquarters by a sitting foreign Head of State since former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil visited in March of 2020.