page_title: Guayabera
section_title: Political symbolism
hierarchical_section_title: Guayabera / Political symbolism
caption_attribution_description: President Tsai wears a white Guayabera given by the First Lady of Panama, Lorena Castillo de Varela. (2016/06/27) La Presidenta Tsai luce una guayabera regalada por la Primera Dama de Panamá.(2016/06/27) 授權方式及範圍：中華民國總統府│政府網站資料開放宣告 Authorization Method &amp; Scope: Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan) | Government Website Open Information Announcement
context_page_description: The guayabera also known in Mexico as Camisa de Yucatán is a men's summer shirt, worn outside the trousers, distinguished by two vertical rows of closely sewn pleats running the length of the front and back of the shirt. Typically made of linen, silk, or cotton, and appropriate for hot or humid weather, guayaberas are popular in Cuba, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, South America, Southeast Asia, the south of Spain and Portugal.
context_section_description: Guayaberas have been worn extensively by a number of Latin American political leaders, including Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Cesar Chavez, Carlos Prío Socarrás, and Fidel Castro. This is often interpreted as a sign of the wearer's affiliation with populist political positions. Michael Manley, populist Jamaican prime minister, specifically advocated for the guayabera as an anti-colonialist mode of dress, and conversely the shirt was later banned in Parliament by the conservative Jamaica Labour Party. Similarly, Mexican left-wing populist Luis Echeverría advocated for its use in Mexico in part to symbolize rejection of European and American-style business suits.
  U.S. presidents, including Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Barack Obama, have worn the shirts as a sign of solidarity when visiting the Cuban community in Miami and when attending Latin American summits. Visiting politicians are sometimes given the shirts by Cuban American or Latin American political leaders.
caption: Taiwanese President Tsai in guayabera gifted by Panama's first lady.
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