"Making a lasting difference will require sustainable regional growth," writes AS/COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth for the Miami Herald.
Central America & Caribbean
"I don't think there are necessarily solutions to be had, rather the management of a difficult issue," said the AS/COA vice president.
CAFTA-DR “was seen…as a way to guarantee access to the US market rather than to integrate among themselves," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to Financial Times.
U.S. aid can help, but conditions in much of Central America are dire, says a former president of Costa Rica.
A critical look at past U.S. aid efforts, and how to improve them going forward, by a former president of Costa Rica.
El Faro’s Nelson Rauda covers the Biden administration’s approach to El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala ahead of 2021 elections in two of those countries.
Experts discussed how regional governments, and a new U.S. administration, can work to halt the sprawling influence of organized crime in pandemic times.