BCPR | Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean

The Latin American and Caribbean region consists of 44 countries and approximately 515 million people. While the past 25 years have been marked by enormous progress in the consolidation of democracy and improved access to education health and basic services, the region is still dealing with the aftereffects of violent conflict, socio-economic inequalities and natural disasters.

Find out more about UNDP in Action in the region the in our Fast Facts: Latin America and the Caribbean (pdf)

News

The Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP): Haiti Flash Appeal 2008: Word, PDF, Zip

Focus on Haiti

Fact sheet on emergency prevention of urban violence and insecurity in Haiti

Fact sheet on emergency rehabilitation in Gonaives, Haiti: Mitigation of land erosion and environmental restoration

Youth and Armed Violence Prevention in El Salvador, 2008

Conflict Prevention and Gender in Ecuador, 2007

Building Capacity for Climate Risk Management in the Caribbean, 2007

Victims of Colombia’s Armed Conflict Receive National Peace Prize, 2007

Municipalities Free of Weapons Project in El Salvador (in English and Spanish), 2006

Country

Guatemala Declaration on Armed Violence and Development, April 2007 (pdf)

Guatemala: Tackling Small Arms and Violence at All Levels, UNDP, 2007 (pdf)

Democratic Dialogue Project in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Voices From Countries in Crisis

Impact of the recent hurricanes on Haiti
Marc-Andre Franche from the Regional Bureau for Latin American and the Caribbean discusses the devastating impact of the recent hurricanes on the population of Haiti (English – streaming audio or mp3; French – streaming audio or mp3)

Conflict Prevention in Ecuador - Michael Brown, Peace and Development Advisor, discusses how UNDP is engaged in the Northern Border Zone of Ecuador (streaming audion or mp3)

Youth and violence in El Salvador
Marcela Smutt, Coordinator of the Governance Unit in UNDP El Salvador discusses UNDP’s work with youth in the country (Spanish – streaming audio or mp3)

Women and politics in El Salvador
Marcela Smutt, Coordinator of the Governance Unit in UNDP El Salvador discusses UNDP’s work with youth in the country (Spanish – streaming audio or mp3)

Armed violence and women in El Salvador Marcela Smutt, Coordinator of the Governance Unit in UNDP El Salvador discusses the impact of armed violence on women (Spanish – streaming audio or mp3)

Disaster Risk Reduction in Honduras—
Juan Carlos Benítez, Programme Specialist in UNDP Honduras, discusses disaster risk reduction initiatives in the country (Spanish – streaming audio or mp3)

Armed violence prevention in Honduras
Juan Carlos Benitez, Programme Specialist in UNDP Honduras discusses initiatives in the country (Spanish – streaming audio or mp3)