Trump cuts aid to Central America

While members of the US Congress are talking of boosting more help to Central American countries to reduce the flow of people escaping violence and poverty. The Donald Trump administration has cut financial aid to the Central American countries, accused by the US president of “doing nothing” to prevent migrants from traveling to the United States, the State Department announced Saturday, March 30.

“At the request of the Secretary of State (Mike Pompeo ) we are implementing the president’s directive to end the foreign assistance programs for the Northern Triangle for the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years,” a State Department spokesman told AFP.

The State Department has not specified how many unexpended funds were actually affected by this measure, which could be primarily symbolic.

The “Northern Triangle” includes El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras , from which tens of thousands of migrants have come who have tried to reach the United States fleeing poverty and violence in their countries.