This presentation looks at what is happening in Central America including the influx of refugees to countries like United States.

1. CENTRAL AMERICA – WHAT
IS GOING ON
BY: PAUL YOUNG, CPA, CGA
JUNE 24 2018

2. PAUL YOUNG - BIO
• CPA, CGA (1996)
• Financial Solutions (FOPM/FPM)
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – Advance Technology and Market Entry
• SME – Supply Chain Management
• SME – Business Strategy and Restructuring
Contact information:
Paul_Young_CGA@Hotmail.com

3. AGENDA
• Central America GDP
• Central America Inflation
• Central American Unemployment Rate
• Poverty Rates
• Central America and Crime
• Central America Refugees
• Central American - Issues

4. INTRODUCTION
This presentation looks at what is happening in Central America including the influx of refugees to
countries like United States.

5. GDP
Source - https://blogs.imf.org/2018/01/25/latin-america-and-the-caribbean-in-2018-an-economic-recovery-in-the-making/

6. CENTRAL AMERICA INFLATION
Source - https://www.centralamericadata.com/en/search?q1=content_en_le:%22inflation%22 or
https://tradingeconomics.com/mexico/inflation-cpi
Country 2018 2017
Mexico 4.55% 6.77%
Honduras 4.0% 4.73%
El Salvador 0.83 1.00%
Nicaragua 5.68% 5.19%
Costa Rica 2.04% 2.57%

7. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
Source - https://www.indexmundi.com/map/?t=0&v=74&r=ca&l=en

8. POVERTY RATES
Source - https://www.indexmundi.com/map/?v=69&r=ca&l=en

9. CENTRAL AMERICA CRIME RATE
Source -
https://www.google.ca/search?q=central+america+crime+rates&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA759CA759&tbm=isch&source=i
u&ictx=1&fir=QvggFr5V6DM1iM%253A%252CnUMxIooLhLmj0M%252C_&usg=__5Xr77WHlQAQaXXNxuHAs9p7uoF
c%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHudDHsuvbAhVs0YMKHTqZBeMQ9QEIYTAE#imgrc=QvggFr5V6DM1iM or
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2017-06-28/latin-america-has-a-homicide-problem
Latin America is where the most murders in the world happen. In 2016, at least 43 of the 50 most homicidal
cities in the world – led by San Salvador (El Salvador), Acapulco (Mexico) and San Pedro Sula (Honduras)
– were located in the region. Roughly four Latin Americans are killed every 15 minutes.
Things aren't bad everywhere. Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and, in particular, Chile (with
its homicide rate of 2.7 per 100,000) are relatively safe. Even so, their combined average homicide rate of
6.5 per 100,000 is twice that of North America.
Meanwhile, Brazil (28.3 per 100,000), Colombia (21.9), El Salvador (91.2), Guatemala(27.3), Honduras
(59.1), Mexico (17) and Venezuela (58) together account for one in every four homicides on earth.

10. CENTRAL AMERICA REFUGEES
Source - http://time.com/5318718/central-american-refugees-crisis/
“People are leaving because they are suffering from high levels of violence from gangs and other
organized criminal groups. These gangs want to recruit minors, they carry out extortion, kidnapping,
sexually abusing girls,” says Francesca Fontanini, spokesperson for the UNHCR in the Americas.
“This flow of families from Central America will not stop because if the root causes are still there
these people will keep coming to the U.S. or to other countries.”

11. UN AND CENTRAL AMERICA
Source - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/jun/29/organised-violence-is-ravaging-central-america-and-displacing-thousands
• Northern Triangle / Central America – Gangs are ruling cities and rural areas
• There has been little or no response from UN to curtail gang warfare in Central America
• USA is providing over $600M to support security efforts in Central American Countries -
https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/us-congress-rejects-trumps-proposed-cuts-to-latam-
aid/ or https://www.state.gov/p/wha/rt/strat/index.htm
• Record homicide rates
• Sexual and domestic abuse
• Gang Violence
• Government Corruption
• Source https://theconversation.com/forced-migration-from-central-america-5-essential-
reads-98600

12. WHAT’S IS NEXT
• Foreign Aid is not making it to people that need it most due to corruption. Government corruption is
rampant in Central America. UN needs to step up to enforced accountability and transparent on foreign
aid to Central America
• Countries around the world need to look at how best to address refugee crisis at their own borders.
Governments around the world need to streamline their refugee and immigration policy as part of
supporting people entering their countries
• UN has to work Central American government to wipe out the gangs. UN needs to look at peacekeeping
and/or other actions to support security forces within Central American Countries