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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on July 28, 2019, 10:53:09 am
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Mexico to help create 20,000 jobs in Honduras to curb migration
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s government said on Saturday it would help Honduras create 20,000 jobs this year and support its coffee farmers as the two countries seek to curb migration to the United States that has created tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his Honduran counterpart, Juan Orlando Hernandez, pledged to work together to lift prosperity in Central America, where poverty and violence have fueled an exodus of people north.
That migration has angered Trump, who has made border security a priority, and issued economic threats against Mexico and Central America if more is not done to contain the flows.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico-honduras/mexico-to-help-create-20000-jobs-in-honduras-to-curb-migration-idUSKCN1UN00J (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico-honduras/mexico-to-help-create-20000-jobs-in-honduras-to-curb-migration-idUSKCN1UN00J)