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Spotlight: Alejandro Giammattei’s first 100 days

New Atlanticist Sep 26, 2025

Guatemala’s Puerto Quetzal project can become a model of US engagement in the Americas 

By Isabella Palacios, Jose Echeverría

The modernization of Puerto Quetzal is part of a broader US strategy to deepen economic ties with reliable partners in Central America.
Central America Economy & Business
Spotlight: Alejandro Giammattei’s first 100 days

Issue Brief Sep 19, 2025

Secure supply chains for the US run through its closest neighbors

By Jose Manuel Restrepo and Martin Cassinelli

Central America and the Dominican Republic are emerging as key partners for US economic security. Strengthening rule of law, workforce skills, and trade frameworks can secure lasting, mutually beneficial economic integration.
Americas Caribbean
Spotlight: Alejandro Giammattei’s first 100 days

New Atlanticist Jul 16, 2025

Dispatch from Panama City: What’s behind the new optimism in US-Panama relations?

By María Fernanda Bozmoski

A recent visit to the Central American country revealed that while the excitement there is palpable, so is the pressure to deliver.
Economy & Business Latin America

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Issue Brief

Jan 13, 2020

Spotlight: Alejandro Giammattei’s first 100 days

By María Fernanda Bozmoski, Domingo Sadurní

Guatemala will begin a new chapter with the presidential inauguration of Alejandro Giammattei Falla. At the center of the incoming pro-business administration: ushering in a new era of economic growth and job creation. With 59 percent of Guatemalans living in poverty, Central America’s largest and most populous country is also one the poorest and most unequal nations in Latin America.

Central America
Latin America

New Atlanticist

Oct 25, 2019

Transport infrastructure in southern Mexico and Guatemala: A step toward development

By María Fernanda Pérez Arguello & Pablo Reynoso Brito

Transport infrastructure development in Southern Mexico and Guatemala can boost local economic development and reduce migration by creating local economic opportunities for citizens.

Central America
Mexico

Issue Brief

Aug 7, 2019

Spotlight: President Bukele’s first six months

By María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila and Domingo Sadurní

As Bukele continues to settle into office, what policies from his proposed Plan Cuscatlán should his administration prioritize?

Central America
Elections

New Atlanticist

Jun 12, 2019

US senators warn against tariffs on Mexico

By David A. Wemer

The migrant flow from Central America to the United States is a serious problem that needs to be addressed, but cannot be solved through the use of tariffs, two US senators said at the Atlantic Council on June 12.

Central America
Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2019

Immigration and tariffs: In support of the ongoing US-Mexico border diplomacy

By Earl Anthony Wayne

US-Mexico talks this week can help both countries avoid a costly detour from the joint effort to build North American prosperity and partnership over the past thirty years.

Central America
Mexico

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Nov 8, 2018

Violence against women driving migration from the Northern Triangle

By María Fernanda Pérez Arguello and Bryce Couch

To effectively address migration from the Northern Triangle, states must better understand how it is driven by sexual and gender-based violence.

Central America
Latin America

New Atlanticist

Nov 1, 2018

John Bolton takes Latin American ‘troika of tyranny’ to task

By David A. Wemer

“John Bolton made it clear today where the administration is headed on Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua,” Jason Marczak, director of the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, said.

Central America
Cuba

New Atlanticist

Oct 26, 2018

Here’s how to address the Central American migrant challenge

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Escaping inhospitable conditions in their home countries, men, women, and children hope to find a safer, better future in the United States. Here's how the United States should respond.

Central America
Human Rights

New Atlanticist

Oct 22, 2018

Why is a caravan of Central American migrants fleeing to the United States?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

"It is important to take into account that the underlying conditions that are forcing people to leave have been endemic in these countries for decades. Fixing them will take a committed, multi-pronged, multiyear strategy," said Jason Marczak director of The Atlantic Council's Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center.

Central America
Human Rights

New Atlanticist

Apr 3, 2018

Halting the ‘Caravans’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Addressing push factors is key to stemming flow of unauthorized migrants, says Atlantic Council’s Jason Marczak US President Donald J. Trump on April 3 announced that he would deploy US troops to the border with Mexico to stop the flow of unauthorized migrants into the United States. The comment followed a series of tweets in […]

Central America
Mexico
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Director, Impact and Operations and Lead for Central America

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Laura Chinchilla

Former President, Costa Rica

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Vice President and Senior Director

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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Panama

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