James D. Nealon, Eric L. Olson and Kurt Alan Ver Beek write about how Biden needs to follow through on a proposed Central American regional anti-corruption commission. Otherwise, U.S. aid will not stop thousands of desperate people from fleeing countries that give them little hope to survive, much less flourish. Read more

The anti-corruption commission, MACCIH, is no more in Honduras, but a special prosecutor's office on corruption will continue. Adriana Beltrán and Eric L. Olson write about this office and what Honduras will need in order to guarantee its effectiveness.  

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Jason Greer launched the training program in 2013 after meeting Mauricio Quevedo, CEO of Korinver, an El Salvadorian software development company. Since launching, Int2 has sent 11 interns to Seattle. Read more

Against a backdrop of poverty, brutal violence, and entrenched corruption, Salvadorans went to the polls on February 3, 2019, and elected 37-year old Nayib Bukele, who ran an unorthodox campaign positioning himself as an alternative to the two parties who have dominated the country's political landscape. #Podcast Guests: Vice President Elect Félix Ulloa, Journalist Glenda Umaña and Eric Olson of Seattle International Foundation Read more

Vázquez currently works for the Seattle International Foundation’s Central America & Mexico Youth Fund (The CAMY Fund). She joined the Seattle International Foundation team in 2017 as a project manager for The CAMY Fund’s Child Marriage Initiative, and she is now the CAMY Fund’s deputy program director. By Arielle Dreher Read more

Legislation that would grant amnesty to anyone convicted or accused of human rights violations during Guatemala’s long-running civil war has raised fears that dozens of perpetrators of forced disappearance, torture and sexual violence could soon walk free. Read more

Violence and a governance breakdown in Central America's 'Northern Triangle' nations of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador is driving migration to the US. Read more

El Salvador’s legislature last month declined to reappoint Attorney General Douglas Melendez for a second term. In an interview with WPR, Eric Olson, a Latin America specialist at the Seattle International Foundation, discusses Melendez’s tenure as attorney general and the political impact of El Salvador’s “endemic” corruption, including on next month’s presidential election. Read more

Nicaragua is suffering its deepest slump since the 1980s as political violence and a government crackdown frighten off investors and tourists. Read more

Two Honduran teenagers who traveled as part of a migrant caravan in hopes of reaching the United States were killed this week in the Mexican border town of Tijuana. Less than 48 hours later, the Trump administration announced a new policy that would force migrants seeking US asylum to wait in Mexico until a US judge rules on their cases. Read more

The Seattle International Foundation (SIF), a grant-making organization engaged in international development with a strategic focus in Central America, recently gave INCAE Business School a research grant to write five case studies on Transparency in Central America. Read more

Women's Justice Initiative equips girls in Guatemala to shape their own destinies and communities. Seattle International Foundation, Seattle Foundation’s global affiliate, supports Women’s Justice Initiative through its Central America & Mexico Youth Fund (CAMY Fund). Read more