Alfredo Miron running for office
Alfredo Miron running for office
GUATEMALA CITY -- Guatemalan foliage grower-exporter Alfredo Miron may be best known in the U.S. produce and floral industries for being, in the 1990s, the first international member on the board of the Newark, DE-based Produce Marketing Association.
Mr. Miron is also known as one of Central America's larger grower-exporters of leather leaf through his firm Corporaci?n Tak S.A.
But by the end of next year, Mr. Miron may also be known as the vice president of Guatemala.
He is the running mate of "lvaro Colom, who is the frontrunner in the September 2007 Guatemala presidential election. Mr. Miron said that the campaign officially begins in March, but some work is already underway. Mr. Miron has encouraged his Mayan workers to develop their cultural awareness, and guests of Mr. Miron have been entertained by his workers' elaborate performances of indigenous dances.
It was not surprising, then, when Mr. Miron told The Produce News that his national campaign is focused on helping Guatemala's 22 distinct ethnic groups, which are sub-sectors of the Mayan culture.
Mr. Miron said that his firm is exporting 700 containers of leather leaf a year, and the firm has other, lesser volumes of other foliage items, as well.
In recent years, Mr. Miron has focused on the European market, which now receives 90 percent of his production. Japan receives the remainder. He believes that changes in the U.S. market will enable his Guatemalan product to compete very favorably with the high quality in the United States in 2007.
Mr. Miron is also known as one of Central America's larger grower-exporters of leather leaf through his firm Corporaci?n Tak S.A.
But by the end of next year, Mr. Miron may also be known as the vice president of Guatemala.
He is the running mate of "lvaro Colom, who is the frontrunner in the September 2007 Guatemala presidential election. Mr. Miron said that the campaign officially begins in March, but some work is already underway. Mr. Miron has encouraged his Mayan workers to develop their cultural awareness, and guests of Mr. Miron have been entertained by his workers' elaborate performances of indigenous dances.
It was not surprising, then, when Mr. Miron told The Produce News that his national campaign is focused on helping Guatemala's 22 distinct ethnic groups, which are sub-sectors of the Mayan culture.
Mr. Miron said that his firm is exporting 700 containers of leather leaf a year, and the firm has other, lesser volumes of other foliage items, as well.
In recent years, Mr. Miron has focused on the European market, which now receives 90 percent of his production. Japan receives the remainder. He believes that changes in the U.S. market will enable his Guatemalan product to compete very favorably with the high quality in the United States in 2007.
