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LAC Country & Regional Profiles

USAID has offices or development activities in the following countries:

Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
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Peru
Caribbean Regional Profile
Central America Regional Profile


Haitian sun artwork featured at  the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Haitian Artisans Feature
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"The future of this hemisphere depends on the strength of three commitments: democracy, security and market-based development. These commitments are inseparable, and none will be achieved by half-measures. This road is not always easy, but it's the only road to stability and prosperity for all the people -- all the people -- who live in this hemisphere."

--President George W. Bush
   January, 2002
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LAC News

Corporations in Mexico Make Strides
In Dealing with HIV/AIDS

A recent survey of 20 corporations in Mexico strongly suggests that policies relative to HIV/AIDS in the workplace are moving forward. Read More

USAID Assistance Continues
After Hurricane Winds Subside

Long after Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne exhausted themselves, USAID continues to play a role in their clean-up in many Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries. Read More

Creative Arts Lift Brazil's Youth
To a Better Education and Opportunity

The concentration, lightness and balance of the ballet dancers dazzled the audience. Who would have thought that many of the dancers from the Dance and Social Integration School for Children and Adolescents (EDISCA)’s performance in Brasilia, Brazil earlier this year had been at-risk children? Read More

She’s No Longer a Former USAID FSN;
Refer to Her as Madam Vice President

Somewhere in the depths of Washington, DC in the 1980’s, a USAID desk officer worked with a woman in El Salvador named Ana Vilma Albanez de Guth. Little did he know at the time that Ms. de Guth would later move onto a more expansive project – serving as Vice President of El Salvador. Read More

USAID LAC Trade Update - October

The fourth round of talks between the U.S. and the
Andean countries on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
was held Sept. 15-17 in Puerto Rico. Read More

USAID's Lifeline to Afro-Colombians
Caught in the Violent Crossfire

For many Colombians, displacement has become a way of life. Since 1985, nearly three million Colombians have been forcefully displaced from their homes. Read More

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