09/28/2026
On September 15, the U.S. reallocated $52 million in military financing to Panama, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Meanwhile, the humanitarian assistance target for our region was cut in half.
The money didn't leave the hemisphere. It changed purpose. And it won't pass through the organizations that sustain our civil society.
In my fifth column for La Prensa, this series turns from diagnosis to plan: five questions every board should be able to answer today. The first: how many months would your organization survive if its main source of income disappeared tomorrow?
Waiting for international cooperation to return is no longer prudence. It's a bet, and the board doesn't pay the cost. The people we serve do.
📄 Full column attached, published in Prensa Panamá.