Chandler Foundation
By Eric L. Olson | December 9, 2022
Northern Central America is a beautiful and complex region mired by corruption, poverty, and violence. Seattle International Foundation’s Adriana Beltrán and Eric Olson discuss how, in this moment when trustworthy government allies are limited, investment and support for organized civil society offers a way forward.
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Univisión News
May 26, 2022
Between 2019 and May 2022, at least 22 prosecutors, judges, and human rights defenders have been forced into exile—many of them in the United States. Guatemalan authorities have also detained at least seven anti-corruption prosecutors. Virginia Laparra is one of them. By Mirte Postema
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expedientepublico.org
February 28, 2022
"La corrupción en Honduras va más allá de Juan Orlando Hernández". Entrevista de Expediente Público, en Honduras, a Eric L. Olson, director de políticas e iniciativas estratégicas de la Fundación Internacional de Seattle y secretario ejecutivo del Centro contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad en el norte de Centroamérica (CCINOC).
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Politico
July 20, 2021
By SABRINA RODRIGUEZ. “We need to get away from the notion that it’s just a matter of making an announcement with some kind of aid plan that would remedy all these problems,” says Eric Olson, director of policy at the Seattle International Foundation and an expert on Central America.
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The New York Times
March 24, 2021
President Juan Orlando Hernández of Honduras figured prominently in a U.S. drug trial, but few think it will matter in a country mired in corruption. "We need to give the people of Central America a sense of hope. And that starts with fighting corruption and ending this ridiculous theft of Hondurans’ future,” says Eric L. Olson, director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives at the Seattle International Foundation.
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www.univision.com/univision-news/
March 16, 2021
The situation at the U.S.– Mexico border is urgent, but the crisis is in Central America. The solution to this problem cannot be a return to Trump-era policies of inhumane treatment as a policy of dissuasion. Family separation and forcing migrants to remain in makeshift shelters across the border is morally wrong and bad policy.
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univision.com/univision-news
February 12, 2021
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.
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Univision.com
February 6, 2020
Efforts to fight corruption in Honduras have been undermined after the elimination of the MACCIH and impunity is likely to continue into the foreseeable future.
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Geekwire.com
March 29, 2019
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
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Iri.org
March 11, 2019
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
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Globalwa.org
March 1, 2019
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
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Latimes.com
February 25, 2019
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.
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Talkmedianews.com
January 30, 2019
Violence and a governance breakdown in Central America's 'Northern Triangle' nations of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador is driving migration to the US.
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Worldpoliticsreview.com
January 4, 2019
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
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Bloomberg.com
December 27, 2018
Nicaragua is suffering its deepest slump since the 1980s as political violence and a government crackdown frighten off investors and tourists.
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Pri.org
December 21, 2018
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.
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Incae.edu
July 5, 2018
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.
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Seattlefoundation.org
August 1, 2017
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
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