Beyond the Border: Regional Priorities and the Migration Debate in Central America
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Overview
Images of caravans and separated families captivate the media, while border wall debates continue to roil American politics and polarize politicians in Washington and beyond. What is the real story?
Please join practitioners, business leaders, researchers, and policymakers from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States to examine the migration crisis and discuss recommendations for a path forward. Conference participants will discuss a new policy brief that presents guiding principles for future responses to migration.
*Please note that this event will be held at the Keough School of Global Affairs, Washington Office.
Panel One Speakers
Victor Asturias
Presidential Commissioner for Competitiveness and Investment
Guatemala
Carlos Echarri
Secretary General, National Population Council
Mexico
Hugo Noé Pino
Economist, UNITEC; former president of the Central Bank and Minister of Finance
Honduras
Leticia Salomon
Researcher, Center for Documentation
Honduras
Eric L. Olson (Moderator)
Consultant, Latin America Program, Wilson Center
Director of Policy, Seattle International Foundation
Panel Two Speakers
Daniella Burgi-Palomino
Senior Associate
Latin America Working Group
Michael Camilleri
Director, Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program
Inter-American Dialogue
Vicki Gass
Senior Policy Advisor for Central America and Mexico
Oxfam
Ariel G. Ruiz Soto
Associate Policy Analyst
Migration Policy Institute
Ray Offenheiser (Moderator)
Professor of the Practice
Director, Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development
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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
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