New EPS and Deputy Minister: Joaquín Gutierrez Wins Seats in Abelardo’s Government

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“A round of applause for these two flare tigers,” said Abelardo de la Espriella in his first speech as president-elect, in Barranquilla’s Window to the World. On his back were general strategist Carlos Suárez and campaign leader Joaquín Gutiérrez, his “brothers of the soul,” as he called them. Joaquín Gutiérrez is an entrepreneur of Santa Marta, with businesses in the health and real estate sector. He is one of the president’s best friends and w…