Panama City, July 1 (RHC) -– Cuban Vice President Gladys Bejerano heads the island’s delegation to the official inauguration on Tuesday of new Panamanian president Juan Carlos Varela.

The delegation also includes Deputy Foreign Minister Ana Teresita Gonzalez and Cuban Ambassador Reinaldo Calviac, according to this morning's edition of Granma newspaper.

Juan Carlos Varela takes office backed by a legislative minority, which forces him to set up alliances and make promises he is expected to meet very soon, such as lowering the price of basic products.

The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to first take place at the Parliament building and continue later at the Rommel Fernandez Stadium in Panama City, finally winding up with a big party along the Bahia Cinta Coastal Avenue.