Latin American Program in the News: "Woodrow Wilson Center hará estudios sobre problema de las drogas en Guatemala"
This article describes plans for two upcoming Latin American Program studies, due to be published in May, coordinated by Global Fellow Juan Carlos Garzón. The article is in Spanish.
La Cancillería explicó en un comunicado que los estudios servirán como apoyo para el funcionamiento de la Comisión Nacional para la Reforma de la Política de Drogas, que preside el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Fernando Carrera.
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El coordinador de los dos estudios será el experto colombiano Juan Carlos Garzón, miembro del Woodrow Wilson Center.
Los estudios se deberán enfocar en analizar la estructura normativa y aplicación de la legislación sobre las drogas en el territorio nacional.
También en investigar acerca de variables relativas a la oferta y demanda de drogas en el país.
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Read the full article in Prensa Libre here.
The article also appeared on Siglo21.com.gt, Caracol Radio's website, and Emisoras Unidas.
About the Author
Juan Carlos Garzón
Security and Conflict Resolution Expert; Former Consultant, United Nations Development Program and Organization of American States
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
