Based on the presentation of the findings of a recent study by former Salvadoran Foreign Minister, Hugo Martínez, on the challenges and opportunities of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), this panel will conduct an informed debate on the measures and reforms necessary to achieve a more transparent administration, improve decision-making within the bank, and advance with a more efficient and effective use of its resources. Likewise, speakers will raise awareness of the serious implications of CABEI’s financing of authoritarian governments in Central America, which weakens their institutional credibility and undermines democracy and human rights in the region.