State Department restarts some Central America assistance
Posted on AllSides October 16th, 2019
From The Left
The State Department will resume “targeted” foreign assistance for Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, according to an announcement Wednesday.
The move comes after President Donald Trump in March ordered a freeze on hundreds of millions in development and security funding for the Central American nations. At the time, Trump said the countries hadn’t slowed adequately the outflow of migrants toward the U.S.