Latin American Program in the News: Migration Conflict
Latin American Program Associate Director Eric L. Olson provides a sound clip about migration in Central America.
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"Researchers and Central America say there is not much that can be done to stop the surge of illegal immigrants to Texas. Eric Olson with the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars is touring Honduras, Guatelama, and El Salvador, and says people get the sense that now is their opportunity to leave..."
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Eric L. Olson, Associate Director of the Latin American Program is interviewed on KLBJAM's Mornings iwth Mark Caesar, Ed Celements, and Sgt. Sam Cox about the recent influx of Central American migration to the United States.
This sound clilp was also used on a variety of other domestic radio stations.
To listen to the interview, click here.
About the Author
Eric L. Olson
Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Seattle International Foundation
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
