Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, gave the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a Council of Americas event on the upcoming Central America election.
The Central American country’s two largest street gangs agreed to a truce on May 28. Will the deal, eight months in the works, help lead to a drop in violence?
The ambassador reflected on the Obama administration’s evolving Central American security policy, as well as building economic opportunity in El Salvador.
A new study by AS/COA on violence reduction in Central America suggests a public-private partnership can ensure a permanent drop in homicide rates particularly in El Salvador.
AS/COA’s Jason Marczak comments on El Salvador’s newly passed legislation allowing its large population living abroad to cast absentee votes during presidential elections.
AS/COA's Jason Marczak points to El Salvador's successful gang truce as a reference for violence reduction in Guatemala and Honduras.
A December 12 AS/COA panel discussed the role of the private sector in security and violence prevention in Central America’s Northern Triangle.
