Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The secretary of transparency, Maria Andrea Matamoros, Described in recent hours the issues addressed by the Honduran delegation that traveled to Washington to hold bilateral dialogues with the US government.
The official detailed that in terms of transparency issues, there were extensive reports of progress in institutional strengthening. Matamoros stressed that Honduras, through this secretariat, closed and opened several institutions with the aim of modernizing, making transparent and eradicating corruption and public management.
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“We have both benefited from a negotiating table, a dialogue table, it is a table that as Hondurans we put up with our foreheads, to show that there have been historical and important advances in our country in terms of transparency and that we have many shared responsibilities with the United States, differentiated but shared, and that only by working hand in hand as we have been doing will we continue to move forward, ”he explained.
In November of 2020, Juan Orlando Hernández, President of Honduras, Swore in Matamoros as the head of this state entity. “I have always said: the President of the Republic knows what is good for Honduras, good for the United States. What is good for the United States is good for Honduras,” he extended.
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Matamoros detailed that the results of transparency and efficiency presented before United States they are tangible. He highlighted the closure of the Executive Revenue Directorate (DEI) and the opening of the Revenue Administration Service (SAR).
partners
“So in this sense we have reaffirmed this political will, we have reaffirmed that we are partners and we see with good eyes that we are going to chart an important path in terms of transparency,” he stressed.
The head of Transparency explains that the latter institution now registers, as a result of the modernization of protocols and care systems, more than 200,000 taxpayers, far from the 31,000 that the DEI ever registered.
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“One of the issues that caught his attention at the table was these very important advances that many of us are unaware of in the fight against money laundering; CNBS, Has made significant strides, even qualifying us internationally better than many European countries, including Canada, Matamoros noted.
Delegation
A Honduran delegation, also represented by Miriam Guzmán (SAR director), Estela Cardona (Attorney General of the Republic) and Ethel Deras (President of the National Banking and Insurance Commission), exchanged proposals on issues of transparency, economy, human rights. and managing pandemics with Washington officials, especially with State Department representatives.
Chancellor Lisandro Rosales stressed that Honduras, through Joan Orlando Hernández, remains a strategic partner of the US, despite accusations against it.
relationships
“From the beginning the government of Juan Orlando Hernández has worked with President Barack Obama at the time and Vice President Biden, now with Biden as President we will continue to work hand in hand,” he explained.
Finally, Matamoros said that Joan Orlando Hernández and Joe Biden, the current US president, had previously met during the Obama Administration, in which Biden served as vice president, although the first meeting could be held soon. between him and the Honduran president ever since.