"Para cruzar las amplias divisiones sociales y establecer comprensin y entendimiento de las diferencias entre la gente de Guatemala, un grupo de lderes prominentes fund un programa de reconciliacin. Durante una dcada, el Centro de Estudios Estratgicos para la Estabilidad Nacional (Centro ESTNA) reuni a lderes emergentes. A sus graduados se les acredita el haber coartado un golpe de estado en 1993, de haber contribuido con la firma de los Tratados de Paz que terminaron con la guerra civil en 1996, y con generar iniciativas para construir capital social."
- Kennedy School Review, Volume 3 - 2002
The Enlightened Dissent Methodology is based on the premise that conflict is inherent to human interaction. Hence, conflict cannot be resolved, it can only be managed. Given this premise, the Enlightened Dissent Methodology does not attempt to reach "consensus," rather it promotes integrated solutions based on the understanding of the rationales behind differences. This is the story of one attempt to contribute to managing conflict in the longest civil war in the history of Central America.
