MGN-AFRICA»» pin:2A123D88 Central American leaders meet Barack Obama to criticise US border policy: Presidents of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador say combination of US policies is seriously harming their countries Three Central American leaders met President Obama on Friday to tell him that billions of dollars poured into attempting to prevent migrant children crossing the US border would be better spent addressing the root causes of the crisis in their countries. The presidents of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador urged the US administration to do more to combat the armed gangs and drug cartels responsible for the violence driving emigration that has seen more than 57,000 unaccompanied children from their countries arrive at the Texas border in recent months. The three leaders Juan Orlando Hernández of Honduras, Otto Pérez Molina of Guatemala and Salvador Sánchez Cerén of El Salvador urged the Obama administration to do more to address the destabilisation caused by cartels shipping narcotics to the American market, and to invest in more rapid economic development to relieve widespread poverty. Continue reading... bit.ly/1kcSHfb pin:2A123D88
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 00:43:33 +0000
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