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State Department says US cutting off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
By Greg Clary, CNN
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/03/30/politics/state-department-aid-el-slavador-guatemala-honduras/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F
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(CNN) The United States is cutting off aid to the Northern Triangle, otherwise known as the Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, the State Department told CNN Saturday, one day after President Donald Trump said they had "set up" migrant caravans for entry into the United States.
"We were paying them tremendous amounts of money. And we're not paying them anymore. Because they haven't done a thing for us. They set up these caravans," Trump said Friday.
"At the Secretary's instruction, we are carrying out the President's direction and ending FY 2017 and FY 2018 foreign assistance programs for the Northern Triangle," a State Department spokesperson said. "We will be engaging Congress as part of this process."
On Wednesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen signed what she called a "first of its kind" regional compact agreement with the Northern Triangle countries aimed at preventing irregular migration, combating criminal organizations and ultimately helping with US border security.
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applegrove
(118,629 posts)actually work?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)Just leave it to Trump to make a bad situation worse.
RandySF
(58,786 posts)That will exacerbate the the conditons that lead to northward migration.
winetourdriver01
(1,154 posts)I suspect the Chinese will be quick to fill this vacuum
Harker
(14,015 posts)at no expense to himself by increasing others' misery.
It's just a small part of a longstanding trend.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)that we send to those three countries actually helps the ordinary people there? How much of it ends up in the pockets of druglords, gang chieftains, and the Swiss bank accounts of politicians?
Maybe if their supply is cut off, they will change their behavior towards the people seeking to escape them.
Volaris
(10,270 posts)Harker
(14,015 posts)given the long history of US corporate and governmental malfeasance in Central America, it might be a cruel act.