{"id":63579,"date":"2018-09-06T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-guatemala-and-colombia-compared-in-meeting-between-dionisio-gutierrez-and-former-president-of-colombia-andres-pastrana\/"},"modified":"2018-09-06T09:46:16","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T13:46:16","slug":"dionisio-gutierrez-se-reune-en-bogota-con-el-expresidente-andres-pastrana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/dionisio-gutierrez-se-reune-en-bogota-con-el-expresidente-andres-pastrana\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemala and Colombia Compared in Meeting Between Dionisio Guti\u00e9rrez and Former President of Colombia Andr\u00e9s Pastrana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">BOGOTA, Colombia<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 6, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0In a recent meeting in <span class=\"xn-location\">Bogota, Colombia<\/span>, Dr. Dionisio Guti\u00e9rrez, Guatemalan philanthropist, sociologist, and president of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fundacionlibertad.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Fundaci\u00f3n Libertad y Desarrollo<\/i><\/a><i>,<\/i> discussed important issues regarding his home country of <span class=\"xn-location\">Guatemala<\/span> with Andr\u00e9s Pastrana, the former President of <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> from 1998 to 2002. \u00a0\u00a0The meeting was part of an ongoing exchange of concepts and ideas by Guti\u00e9rrez with well-known political figures throughout <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpga511left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpga511left\" title=\"Former President of Colombia, Andres Pastrana with Dr. Dionisio Guti\u00e9rrez\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Former President of Colombia, Andres Pastrana with Dr. Dionisio Guti\u00e9rrez\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/740226\/Andres_Pastrana_with_Dr_Dionisio_Gutierrez.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>According to Guti\u00e9rrez, Pastrana explained the complex issues <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> faced at the onset of his presidency, particularly, the incursion of drug trafficking, the wave of violence and insecurity, and the fragility of the Country&#8217;s national security. \u00a0During his presidency, Pastrana dealt with the task of regaining control of a country in danger of being overrun by political insurgent groups, such as the FARC, and the increasing production of cocaine.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Pastrana shared his experience of collaborating with the United States Government to launch and implement Plan Colombia in 2000, a military and diplomatic initiative that focused on combating insurgent groups and the widespread problem of drug trafficking in Colombia.\u00a0Pastrana initiated Plan Colombia alongside, former U.S. President, <span class=\"xn-person\">Bill Clinton<\/span> and secured millions of dollars in aid from international organizations to invest in counter-narcotics and improve the social welfare of <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span>. Pastrana&#8217;s efforts ultimately resulted in a significant decrease in drug related kidnappings and murders from 2002 to 2009.<\/p>\n<p>After the meeting, Guti\u00e9rrez stated that &#8220;the Colombian experience should serve as an example to be emulated in <span class=\"xn-location\">Guatemala<\/span>, a country currently facing similar challenges to those faced by <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> three decades ago. The parallels between the two countries are worth noting in identifying solutions to protect democracy and maintain social order.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>For more information, please contact Fundaci\u00f3n Libertad y Desarrollo at <\/i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:contacto@fundacionlibertad.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>contacto@fundacionlibertad.com<\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/740226\/Andres_Pastrana_with_Dr_Dionisio_Gutierrez.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/740226\/Andres_Pastrana_with_Dr_Dionisio_Gutierrez.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Fundaci\u00f3n Libertad y Desarrollo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">BOGOTA, Colombia<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 6, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0In a recent meeting in <span class=\"xn-location\">Bogota, Colombia<\/span>, Dr. Dionisio Guti\u00e9rrez, Guatemalan philanthropist, sociologist, and president of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fundacionlibertad.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Fundaci\u00f3n Libertad y Desarrollo<\/i><\/a><i>,<\/i> discussed important issues regarding his home country of <span class=\"xn-location\">Guatemala<\/span> with Andr\u00e9s Pastrana, the former President of &lt;span&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gobierno-y-politica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}