The vocation of the presidency admits that it is not possible that Joe Biden’s envoy will meet with Bukele, but he confirms that he did not attend the exit of the diplomatic mission to El Salvador.
This week, in the diary of the diary press that the spokesman of the Casa Blanca, Jen Psaki, told the media, the presentation on the visit of Joe Biden to El Salvador and the impact that President Nayib Bukele can have receive.
Psaki confirmed the date and stated that “this is the reason, the special Zúñiga was sent to El Salvador and did not meet with the President”.
Without embarrassment, consider that the rest of the journey and the meetings that the diplomat attended in his brief visit of two countries to the country are not covered.
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“Two productive meetings with the Minister of External Relations (Alexandra Hill) in other high-ranking officials such as the General Tax Office, representatives of the Organization of American States (OEA), members of civil society and the private sector, among others” , demonstrated the vocation of the White House.
In effect, during his visit, Zúñiga became embroiled in the importance of the fight against corruption and the abuse of the State’s resources. This is the case during meetings with representatives of civil society organizations that focus on transparency, but also in meetings with institutional titles that control the use of public resources and a level of general taxation and title la CICIES, Ronalth Ochaeta.
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At this last meeting, Ricardo Zúñiga compromised on a $ 2 million support to the CICIES and demonstrated that he is committed to this international support model for local institutions to prevent, prosecute, prosecute and curb corruption. This is consistent with the Central American Biden Plan, which seeks to reduce irregular migration through the medium of waiting for causes and one of these is the State Fund’s deviation from particular interests.
Before the doubts of whether the CICIES is trusted by its executive with the Executive and with an OEA complaining with Bukele, Biden’s envoy demonstrated that he had to be apostate to the Independence finance and the autonomy of the institution to play its role to contain corruption.
“A productive journey”
The spokesperson for Casa Blanca considers that Zúñiga’s visit was productive. “These meetings, in our opinion, are the basis for constructing a bilateral dialogue at all levels with its administration and that it is strong. And we will continue from this, ”Psaki demonstrated.
Asked about the possibility of holding a dialogue with President Bukele’s presence, she replied that the creation of the mandate mandate on the agenda of Zúñiga would be a sign that it would not be present in the bilateral relationship.
“Solo did not meet with Ricardo Zúñiga when he was in El Salvador on his journey”, he said, but recalls that the agenda was productive and positive.
Contrast with Guatemala
Although Washington has remained important during this meeting, the journey from Zuniga to El Salvador contrasts greatly with the visit to Guatemala of the two interior mediators.
His first meeting was with President Alejandro Giammattei, and he met with members of the cabinet, as he was engaged as a signal of goodwill voluntarily at a press conference on March 6, along with Chancellor Guatemalto, Pedro Brat.
The governing body of the Guatemalan government is very clear that the President Salvador’s silence regarding the visit of Zúñiga and the lack of covertness that the apparatus of communications of the Presidency hizo of this visit.
This silence coincides with the creative and systematic pressure that Washington has been using on Bukele for its authoritarian style of governing and for indications of corruption in its administration, particularly over the content of COVID-19’s effects.