Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 73, No. 72 

Monday, April 14, 2008 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 8236 of April 10, 2008 

Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 2008 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

On Pan American Day and during Pan American Week, we underscore 

the importance of a peaceful, democratic, and prosperous Western Hemisphere where our common values continue to strengthen friendships, advance 

freedom, and encourage fair trade. 

The love of liberty is deeply rooted in our hemisphere. In the earliest 

days of our Republic, the people of the United States inspired patriots 

throughout the Americas to take their own stand for independence. Today, 

the decent and honorable people of both American continents are united 

in the desire for freedom and democracy. The United States stands with 

those who respect human rights and those who seek to bring change and 

hope to their countries. We look forward to the day when all of the Americas 

are wholly free and democratic. 

My Administration remains committed to helping our friends as they advance 

the cause of justice and economic opportunity throughout the Western Hemisphere. Through Millennium Challenge Compacts, we support development 

in countries that govern justly, invest in their people, and promote economic 

freedom. In addition, the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States 

Free Trade Agreement, signed in 2005, has opened markets and created 

opportunities for American businesses, strengthened economic ties with our 

neighbors to the south, and brought hope to people so that they can better 

care for themselves and for their families. In December of 2007, I signed 

the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act to 

bring economic gains for both of our countries, empower workers, and 

foster accountability and the rule of law. We seek to build on these successes 

by working with the Congress to approve the United States-Colombia Trade 

Promotion Agreement and the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement. These and other free trade agreements enhance prosperity in the 

United States and signal our firm support for those who share our values 

of freedom and democracy. 

As we recognize Pan American Day and Pan American Week, we will 

continue to work together to advance our common interests and build a 

future in which opportunity reaches into every community. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 14, 2008, 

as Pan American Day and April 13 through April 19, 2008, as Pan American 

Week. I urge the Governors of the 50 States, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the officials of other areas under the flag of 

the United States of America to honor these observances with appropriate 

ceremonies and activities. 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of 

April, in the year of our Lord two thousand eight, and of the Independence 

of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-second. 

[FR Doc. 08–1132 

Filed 4–11–08; 9:29 am] 

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