Presidents of Chile, Colombia, and Mexico with representatives of ESO inside the VLT

The Presidents of Chile, Colombia, and Mexico with representatives of ESO inside the Very Large Telescope���s Unit Telescope 2 (Kueyen) on Cerro Paranal, seeing first hand the state-of-the-art telescopes and technology of ESO���s flagship site. The Presidents, as well as the President of Peru, were at the Paranal Observatory for the fourth Summit of the Pacific Alliance, at which the Alliance���s Framework Agreement was ratified, on 6 June 2012.

In this photograph are (from left to right): Andreas Kaufer, Director of the Observatory; Tim de Zeeuw, the Director General of ESO; President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia; President Sebasti��n Pi��era's wife, Cecilia Morel; President Sebasti��n Pi��era of Chile; President Felipe Calder��n of Mexico; President Felipe Calder��n's wife, Margarita Zavala; Chilean astronomer Mar��a Teresa Ruiz; and Xavier Barcons, President of the ESO Council.