Central America’s Security Challenges: Has U.S. Assistance Helped or Hindered? How Can it Improve?
Photo: After school program in Honduras, courtesy of Honduran Youth Alliance/Alianza Joven Honduras
The flood of Central American children arriving at the U.S. border this past summer brought renewed attention to the region’s security challenges and how the U.S. has partnered with Central American nations to address these problems. Join us for a discussion about the Central America Regional Security Initiative and future directions for U.S. security assistance in the Northern Triangle with panels of experts and policymakers:
Panel I: The Central America Regional Security Initiative in the Northern Triangle
Cristina Equizábal (@InrLas)
The El Salvador case
Senior Fellow at the National Foundation for Development Nicholas Phillips (@NPPeriodista)
The Guatemala case
Journalist Aaron Korthuis (@akorthuis)
The Honduras case
Student at Yale Law School Moderator:Peter Meyer Analyst in Latin American Affairs, Congressional Research Service Commentary:Steven Dudley (@stevensdudley) Co-Director, InSight Crime
Panel II: Policy Options for Dealing with Central America’s Chronic Insecurity
Francisco Palmieri
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central America and the Caribbean Paloma Adams-Allen
Senior Advisor
Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, USAID Matthew C. Ingram State University of New York, Albany Moderator:Eric L. Olson (@Eric_Latam) Associate Director, Wilson Center
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