(First raw, L to R) The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, Chile's Neven Ilic, president of the Pan American Sports Organisation (Panam Sports), and Cesar Ramirez, Paraguay's Sports Minister, applaud during the LXII Panam Sports General Assembly of the Pan American Sports Organization in Luque, Paraguay, on October 2, 2024. Cesar Ramirez (Photo by DANIEL DUARTE / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images)