Guatemalan President
Praises Results of Visit to US
GUATEMALA - President Alvaro Colom is
pleased over the results of a work visit to
the United States that includes
international support for a fiscal reform in
Guatemala, it was reported here.
Colom explained to the press details of his
visits to Washington and New York that
lasted until yesterday. He centered his
interest in a tax package presented by his
government to Congress with strong rejection
of the opposition.
To strengthen his opinion he assured there
is a "general consensus of the international
community regarding compulsory and need of
Guatemala to evolve towards an integral
fiscal reform."
The purpose is to guarantee advances in
security and justice through work of the
Attorney General and the International
Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, in
addition to allow sustainability in sectors
of health and education.
Referring to the meeting he held the
President informed that he met with State
secretary Hillary Clinton, with whom he
discussed the possibility of taking Merida
Plan further in persecution of drug traffic.
His position is to extend it "to an integral
concept of population development in
territories controlled by drug lords."
He delivered a letter to Clinton for
President Barack Obama with nine issues
regarding immigration suggested in talks
with Guatemalan residents in US territory.
Colom also met with UN authorities in which
he offered technical support to generate a
Council of Social Cohesion in Haiti and,
consequently, institutionalize efforts of
construction and overcome poverty.
Making an evaluation of his visit he pointed
out that the World and Inter American
Development Banks to discuss "ease of loans
and how to direct finances towards
priorities of the country, maintaining a
regular execution."
Included in the agenda was a meeting with
secretary general of the Organization of
American States, Jose Miguel Insulza and
opening a Guatemalan consulate in Maryland
although Colom gave no details. |
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