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The Latin America Program works closely with the following Soros foundations to implement policies and support local organizations:

Fundacion Soros–Guatemala

Fondation Connaissance et Liberte (Haiti)

Strengthening Democratic Institutions
The Latin America Program seeks to strengthen key democratic institutions in the region.

Ensuring International Support for Open Society Goals
The Latin America Program carries out a range of activities and grant making aimed at fostering international support for policies that establish more open societies in Latin America.

Promoting Transparency and Accountability
The Latin America Program supports strengthening government transparency and the capacity of civil society organizations to hold governments accountable for their actions.

About This Initiative
The Latin America Program works throughout the region to promote greater transparency and accountability, strengthen democratic institutions, and ensure international support for open society goals.

2007 Activities
OSI efforts in 2007 included support for a massive public campaign to collect blood samples from families of the disappeared in Latin America.

OSI Grantee Honored for New Media Excellence
April 8, 2009
VerdadAbierta.com, which examines the paramilitary side of Colombia’s long civil war, was awarded the “New Media” prize from the prestigious Círculo de Periodistas de Bogota (Circle of Journalists from Bogotá).

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