Government Relations

... Colombia's government public relations (the relationship with the public) isn't very strong, however, it is stronger than it has been in the past. A stronger relationship with public relations/public diplomacy (Public diplomacy is the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nationshttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/diplomacy) was made by the government (in 1994-1998) when the United States government disapproved Colombia in its war on drugs. The United States' purpose of doing that was to redeem Colombia's 'certified' status and to lower the risk of business approval, also to correct the concept that Colombia wasn't doing enough. After the election of Andres Pastrana in 1998 he created a plan that would address the violence and the drug trafficking that had a severe effect on his country. The plan was approved, making Colombia one of the largest recievers of American security aid after Israel and Egypt.