Corruption, energy and rising food prices have posed challenges for Xiomara Castro.
Honduras
As droughts, extreme weather events, and water insecurity affect Latin America, the panelists described how the private sector can be part of the solution.
Journalist Jeff Ernst says two former presidents have hogged the spotlight during the new president’s political honeymoon.
Rather than heading north, some Central Americans are rotating crops and making other changes. But funding is scarce.
The 1998 hurricane ended a decade of promise, highlighting the need to better prepare for the next climate-related disaster.
"The Biden administration has made anticorruption efforts its top priority in Central America," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to The Wall Street Journal.
"There is a lot at stake," said Farnsworth about the Summit of the Americas, to be held in Los Angeles, California.