During those years, he was a regular lecturer at think-tanks, universities and colleges across the Americas, and at the Foreign Service Institute in Washington, D.C. Upon his return to Guatemala in 1996, he was elected general secretary of the Unión del Centro Nacional party.
During those years, he was actively involved in public speaking engagements at think tanks, universities, colleges, and the Foreign Service Institute in Washington D.C. Upon returning to Guatemala in 1996, he assumed a leadership position within the Unión del Centro Nacional party.