El presidente de Cieplan viajará a Atlanta, Estados Unidos, para participar en una reunión de alto nivel sobre temas relacionados con el fortalecimiento de la democracia y los derechos humanos en América.

El encuentro -que se llevará a cabo el 15 y 16 de julio- es organizado por los «Amigos de la Carta Democrática Interamericana» de Carter Center.

Este grupo de ex presidentes, primeros ministros, ministros de gobierno y expertos en derechos humanos, promueve la gobernabilidad democrática en la región y apoya la resolución de conflictos a través de medios pacíficos y constitucionales. 

Los asistentes prestarán especial atención a las negociaciones del proceso de paz en Colombia y la nueva relación entre Cuba y Estados Unidos anunciada por los presidentes Barack Obama y Raúl Castro.

El contexto de la reunión está marcado por tres importantes eventos regionales: el Tercer Encuentro de la CELAC en Costa Rica, la elección del nuevo secretario general de la OEA, y el VII Encuentro de las Américas en Panamá.

El encuentro en Atlanta contempla una recepción en la que participarán miembros del recientemente creado «Círculo de Amigos del Programa Americas» de Carter Center, grupo de líderes del sector privado que valoran la promoción de la paz y la democracia y que se han comprometido a apoyar financieramente a la organización.

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Miembros de «Amigos de la Carta Democrática Interamericana»

Diego Abente Brun, former Minister of Justice and Labor of Paraguay
Mariclaire Acosta, former Undersecretary of Foreign Relations for Human Rights and Democracy of Mexico
Nicolás Ardito Barletta, former President of Panama
Carlos Ayala Corao, former President Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Patricio Aylwin, former President of Chile
Cecilia Blondet, former Minister for the Advancement of Women and Human Development of Peru
Dante Caputo, former Foreign Minister of Argentina
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brazil
Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States of America
Jorge Castañeda, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
Joe Clark, former Prime Minister of Canada
Humberto de la Calle, former Vice President of Colombia
Peter DeShazo, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, United States
Alejandro Foxley, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile
Diego García-Sayán, former Foreign Minister of Peru
César Gaviria, former President of Colombia
John Graham, Chair Emeritus, Canadian Foundation for the Americas
Osvaldo Hurtado, former President of Ecuador
Torquato Jardim, former Justice of the Superior Electoral Tribunal of Brazil
Luis Alberto Lacalle, former President of Uruguay
John Maisto, former U.S. Ambassador to the OAS
John Manley, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada
Barbara McDougall, former Minister of External Affairs of Canada
Carlos Mesa, former President of Bolivia
Pedro Nikken, former President Inter-American Court for Human Rights, Venezuela
Andrés Pastrana, former President of Colombia
Sonia Picado, chair of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights
Sergio Ramirez, former Vice-President of Nicaragua
Sir Ronald Sanders, member of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group 2010-2011
Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, former Prime Minister of Barbados
Eduardo Stein, former Vice President of Guatemala
Alejandro Toledo, former President of Peru
Martín Torrijos, former President of Panama
Fernando Tuesta Soldevilla, former Director, National Office of Electoral Processes, Peru
Joaquín Villalobos, Founder of the Farabundo Marti Nacional Liberation Front (FMLN), signatory of the Peace Agreements of El Salvador in 1992
Jennie Lincoln, Director, Americas Program, Carter Center; Executive Secretary, Friend of the Charter
Marcelo Varela-Erasheva, Associate Director, Americas Program, Carter Center; Deputy Secretary, Friends of the Charter

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