He Mayor of MiamiFrancis Suarez became the first Hispanic to campaign for the 2024 presidential election this Wednesday by registering as a candidate in the Republican primary, media reported.

Suarez, a Cuban-born and city-born mayor of Miami, has yet to make a statement about the matter and has not posted on his networks, but he has warned of his intentions for a long time, and this week, a campaign fundraising group released a video about his political record.

means like CNN states that in a document submitted to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Suarez officially announced this Wednesday his intention to run for presidentappointing Suarez as the presidential candidate of Inc. its formal political action committee.

According to the same source, the mayor of Miami will speak this Thursday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.

In an interview with Telemundo 51Suarez said last week that “seriously considered” running for office in the Republican Party primaries.

Campaign for Republican primaries there are already 13 applicants and in addition to Suarez, two other Florida residents: former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who rank first and second in the polls, respectively.

Also on the list are former US Vice President Mike Pence, Senator Tim Scott (the only African American), North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, former governors Nikki Haley (South Carolina), Chris Christie (New Jersey) and Asa Hutchinson. (Arkansas), businessmen Ryan Binkley, Perry Johnson and Vivek Ramaswamy, and Larry Elder, a former conservative media figure.

Suarez, 45, was elected Mayor of Miami in 2017. re-elected in 2021 for a new four-year term.

Prior to his first election as mayor in 2017, Suarez served as Miami City Commissioner (council member) for eight years.

His father, Javier Suarez, was also Mayor of Miami in the 1980s and 1990s. although his last win in 1997 was canceled following an investigation into electoral fraud.

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As mayor, Suarez sought to map Miami for a new era. technology, innovation and entrepreneurshipincluding the sector of cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence.

In forums and statements, he advocated turning Miami into a new Silicon Valley and even proposed to Elon Musk to move the headquarters of Twitter to the city.

It has also been surrounded by some controversy in recent months.

In May last year, the newspaper Miami Herald reported that the developer allegedly paid at least $170,000 in the past two years to Mayor Suarez “help cut red tape and get permits” is the key to a stalled real estate project.

According to exclusive information from the aforementioned South Florida newspaper, Location Ventures is in a very difficult position to get approval for its plans to develop the URBIN complex in the Coconut Grove area.

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The newspaper said it has access to recordings from meetings held at the company last year, which are said to have been attended by Location Venturas CEO Rishi Kapoor. tried to calm “nervous investors” that “Suarez (Mayor of Miami) will help solve the problem.”

Both Suarez and Kapoor argue that the mayor’s job at URBIN was not connected to the city council. (EFE)