Instructions on how to reach directly the Latin american presidents

The best way to increase your impact is to contact directly the key players in the drug legalization debate: the presidents of Colombia and Mexico, of course, but also of the Central American countries: Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama.

Tweet or post on Santos and Calderon’s walls the link to the open letter to Presidents Calderon of Mexico and Santos of Colombia: http://www.calderon-santos.org/carta-abierta/ with a short commentary. Please be courteous and respectful.
President Calderon: On Twitter: @FelipeCalderon, On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/presidentefelipecalderonhinojosa, By email: felipe.calderon@presidencia.gob.mx
President Santos: on Twiter: @JuanManSantos, on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JMSantos.Presidente?sk=wall

Guatemala:  Otto Perez Molina, president, chief promoter of the legalization debate: @ottoperezmolina

Roxana Baldetti, cice president: @roxanabaldetti, despacho@vicepresidencia.gob.gt

I invite you to read the remarkable article by Perez Molina published on April 7 in the UK-based Observer: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/07/latin-america-drugs-nightmare

Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla, president, support the Perez Molina initiative: @Laura_Ch

Honduras: Porfirio Lobo, President, opposes legalization, open to discussion: @PEPE_LOBO diseloalpresidente@presidencia.gob.hn

El Salvador: Mauricio Funes, president, opposes legalization, open to discussion: @MauricioFunesSV, http://www.mauriciofunestv.com/escribenos.php

Nicaragua: Daniel Ortega, president, opposes legalization: http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/

Panama: Ricardo Martinelli, president, opposes legalization, open to discussion:  @rmartinelli

Author: Jeffrey Dhywood

Jeffrey Dhywood is a European-born investigative writer, lecturer and public speaker, drug policy analyst, author of "World War D – The Case against prohibitionism, roadmap to controlled re-legalization" http://www.world-war-d.com/. Jeffrey Dhywood holds a degree in Mathematical logics (Model Theory). He lived 20 years in the US and is currently living in Latin America. He is also very familiar with Asia, which gives him a good grasp of the global dimension of the War on Drugs, and its global failure. His academic background and his direct experience allows him to bring common sense and sanity to an issue often mired in confusion, misconceptions and preconceptions.

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