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Barranquilla loses the venue for the 2027 Pan American Games

Panama Sportsis the company in charge of carrying out these competitions and, in turn, is in charge of choosing the cities in charge of receiving the competitions that are held every four years and, among other things, define various positions for the Olympic Games.

After the decision to prohibit the holding of the games in the city of Barranquilla, It is believed that Asunción, capital of Paraguay, would be the city chosen to host this event. in its edition that will be held in 2027.

The decision made by the governing company of this competition, was taken after an urgent meeting of the executive committee was called to discuss the deadline requested by the Colombian Ministry of Sports.

At this same meeting, freedom was given to Neven Ilic Alvarez, president of Panam Sportsto advance conversations with the authorities of Asunción with the purpose of starting the organization of the event.

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It should be noted that the payment of the four million dollars, causes of the sanction, thad a deadline set until December 31so the Ministry of Sports would have requested almost two more months to carry out the transaction.

The next edition of the Pan American Games would have marked the second time that Colombia hosted this competition, since in 1971Cali, capital of Valle del Cauca, was the city chosen for this sporting event.

Now, although Jaime Pumarejo traveled to Santiago de Chile to receive the awards, Barranquilla lost the venue for the Pan American Games and, in the same year, it saw how the dream of hosting a race on the Formula One calendar collapsed.