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The United States and Mexico sealed a $ 1 billion bilateral co-operation program in southern Mexico and Central America. The plan aims to accelerate progress and slow down migration, said Tuesday (18 April) Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard (18).
Washington plans to invest about $ 5.8 billion in economic growth and reforms in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Another $ 4.8 billion is for investment in southern Mexico, as explained by Ebrard.
The two states seek to combat the migration of Central Americans and residents of southern Mexico. In addition, a bilateral meeting on migration is scheduled for late January, according to the foreign ministries of both countries.
"Mexico and the United States will work with their regional and international partners to build a more prosperous and secure Central America, and thus tackle the underlying causes of migration." Ebrard. In addition, both countries will continue to work with their country's private sector and multilateral development banks to promote investment.
The United States endorses the plan of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who seeks to promote development in Central America to generate conditions that keep people from migrating. Washington's 4.8 billion dollars add to the $ 25 billion that the Mexican government wants to inject into the southern region over the next five years.
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A newly created task force will monitor investments and progress. It is also a fight against internationally active criminal organizations and organized drug trafficking. The aid to Mexico must strengthen the whole region.
Each year, hundreds of thousands of people from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador seek to enter the United States. They flee poverty and violence in their home country and seek refuge.
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