Twenty-five years since the end of civil war, El Salvador – and its neighbors – are making progress on violence.
Central America & Caribbean
Updated building codes can help the Caribbean face disaster. But the region also needs a better way to think about preparedness.
Business leaders discuss how the private sector can contribute to fighting impunity in the region.
Panelists discussed the challenges of impunity and reforming the judicial system in the Northern Triangle today.
Leaders on both sides of the ideological spectrum are tempted by authoritarianism.
"El foco de nuestra ayuda [en Centroamérica] no está en entregar dinero, sino en que la inversión privada cree un ambiente con instituciones fuertes", aseguró el Subsecretario Adjunto del Departamento de Estado John Creamer en un foro de AS/COA.
"The United States is in a position to continue assisting our neighbors and friends in need," says AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth, in testimony on U.S. assistance for Central America.