A broad cross-section of…organizations, as well as indigenous peoples’ councils, sent an open letter to the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) today criticizing its participation in this week’s Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America. The IADB event…aims to define investment priorities in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, and is part of the “re-launching” of the 2014 regional Alliance for Prosperity Plan…[Over] 40 local, national, and international entities, call on the bank to “recognize the complex root causes of this phenomenon and carefully analyze its own interventions,” as well as “create a viable space for meaningful and robust civil society leadership in any discussions regarding models for sustainable development.”…The Bank’s “development” strategy ignores the relationship of migration to poverty, displacement, public institutions plagued by corruption and impunity, and some of the highest rates of violence…“The bank’s attempt to solve the region’s challenges by unleashing a flurry of corporate investment shows ignorance of the region’s history and its most basic development needs,” says…Senior Campaigner at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)…