The U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development have drafted a new major plan to “expand and reorient” assistance to Central America, according to Latin America policy analysts.
“There's a major new request coming from the administration to Congress for assistance to Central America that will likely end up in the president's budget he submits next month,” Eric Olson, associate director of the Latin America program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, told Devex.
An assistance plan to Central America has been in the works for more than a year, he said. An initial plan for $300 million in aid to the region was proposed to Congress in November in a supplemental request totaling $3.7 billion, but was rejected by the then-newly elected Congress.