President Óscar Arias Sánchez will have a big day in Bogotá today. He will be meeting with the presidents of other nations and with President Alvaro Uribe who takes office again at 3 p.m. after a successful re-election campaign.

Arias is to meet with Michelle Bachelet, the president of Chile, at 9:30 a.m. and then with Carlos Lage, the vice president of Cuba.

Arias has a meeting with Uribe at 11 a.m. where he is likely to recount a summary of his meeting Friday with Colombian rebels who asked for his help in negotiating a peace in their land.

At 11:15 a.m. Arias is to meet with the presidents of the countries involved in the Plan Puebla-Panamá integration and the Mesoamerican energy initiative.

At 1 p.m. Arias will be a guest at a formal luncheon given by Uribe. At 5:30 p.m. after Uribe is sworn in, he will meet with Alan Garcia, the new president of Perú.

Arias will spend the night in Colombia and fly home Tuesday morning.