Mariana Castro

Nov 2, 2023 | elclip.org | Eli Moskowitz |Jonny Wrate |Angus Peacock |Mariana Castro

La noche del 27 de febrero de 2014, Daniel Atala Midence, el joven heredero de una de las familias más poderosas de Honduras, sintió como si le hubieran quitado un enorme peso de encima. Acababa de enterarse de que la empresa familiar en la que trabajaba como director financiero había conseguido un tramo crucial de financiación para una presa hidroeléctrica que estaba construyendo en las extensas tierras altas del oeste de Honduras.

Nov 2, 2023 | occrp.org | Mariana Castro |Eli Moskowitz |Madeline Fixler |Mark Bonta

Tweet this Share this on Facebook DONATE At least nine activists who opposed dams backed by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) development bank have been murdered, according to court cases, media reports, and statements by human rights groups. CABEI — which calls itself the “Green Bank of Central America” — has lent millions of dollars to sustainable energy projects. They include 25 hydroelectric plants the bank has backed over the past 30 or so years.

Nov 1, 2023 | occrp.org | Eli Moskowitz |Mariana Castro

An internal report by CABEI written after the sale was approved, as well as corporate documents from the U.K. and Switzerland, show that, far from being a firm with a long history of wealth management, Swiss International Wealth Management had changed its name and purpose not long before making its bid to buy the Agua Zarca debt. Although the Swiss company was technically founded in 1982, it was a metal tool and mold manufacturer called R.

Oct 31, 2023 | occrp.org | Eli Moskowitz |Jonny Wrate |Romina Colman |Mariana Castro

It was a scene that one civil rights group compared to the darkest days of El Salvador’s civil war: Soldiers in full battle fatigues occupied the floor of parliament in a bid to pressure lawmakers to back the president’s new security plan.

Oct 31, 2023 | elclip.org | Eli Moskowitz |Jonny Wrate |Madeline Fixler |Mariana Castro

A mediados de noviembre (dentro de muy pocos días), el Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica (BCIE) nombrará a un nuevo presidente ejecutivo para los próximos cinco años. Quien tome el timón del principal banco regional de inversiones de Centroamérica lo hace en un momento clave de su historia.