{"id":17832,"date":"2023-10-05T14:25:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T18:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=17832"},"modified":"2023-10-05T14:25:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T18:25:50","slug":"senators-welch-and-merkley-meet-with-president-elect-of-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senators-welch-and-merkley-meet-with-president-elect-of-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"Senadores Welch y Merkley se re\u00fanen con Presidente Electo de Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON DC<\/strong> \u2013 Los senadores Peter Welch (D-VT) y Jeff Merkley (D-OR) se reunieron esta semana con Bernardo Ar\u00e9valo, presidente electo de Guatemala. Emitieron el siguiente comunicado:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cEsta semana dimos la bienvenida al Presidente electo Ar\u00e9valo al Capitolio para iniciar un di\u00e1logo sobre su pr\u00f3xima agenda, que incluye los objetivos de reducir la pobreza y el hambre, poner fin a la corrupci\u00f3n y aumentar las oportunidades para el pueblo guatemalteco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLe dejamos claro al presidente electo Ar\u00e9valo que el apoyo de Estados Unidos a la voluntad democr\u00e1tica del pueblo guatemalteco sigue firme y reafirmamos que Estados Unidos apoya a Ar\u00e9valo y al pueblo guatemalteco que busca una transferencia de poder pac\u00edfica y ordenada. Los intentos de deslegitimar los resultados de las elecciones del pa\u00eds son una amenaza para la democracia guatemalteca y no se debe permitir que tengan \u00e9xito. Aplaudimos los esfuerzos de la Administraci\u00f3n Biden para apoyar la democracia guatemalteca y responsabilizar a los actores corruptos\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>El Senador Welch emiti\u00f3 una declaraci\u00f3n en agosto luego de la segunda vuelta de las elecciones en Guatemala, que puede leerse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welch.senate.gov\/press-releases\/senator-welch-issues-statement-on-guatemalan-presidential-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>. \u00c9l tiene <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welch.senate.gov\/press-releases\/senator-welch-calls-for-free-and-fair-elections-in-guatemala-and-an-end-to-corruption-and-impunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">llamado desde hace mucho tiempo<\/a> por el fin de la corrupci\u00f3n y la impunidad en Guatemala.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ver fotos del encuentro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welch.senate.gov\/press-releases\/senators-welch-and-merkley-meet-with-president-elect-of-guatemala\/\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) met this week with Bernardo Ar\u00e9valo, President-elect of Guatemala.\u00a0They released the following statement:\u00a0 \u201cThis week we welcomed President-elect Ar\u00e9valo to Capitol Hill to begin a dialogue on his forthcoming agenda, which includes the goals of reducing poverty and hunger, ending corruption, and increasing opportunities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":17052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-17832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-foreign-policy-and-national-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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