The President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused the government of USA has not responded to the request to allocate 20 billion dollars (mmdd) annually to address the causes of the migration in Latin America.
The above, after the press questioned him in his Morning This Thursday what happened with respect to the help requested to USA to address the causes that give rise to migratory flows Latin America.
“We have been proposing, both to the president Trump like the president Bidenthat investments should be made in countries with the poorest population and where there is more migration out of necessity, however there has been no progress in this, because it is a different conception, I greatly respect what others do governments But we have the good experience that, by addressing the causes, they go away “solving problems”, the president responded.
The first days of this 2024 the president Lopez Obrador He asked the US administration through four points (which later became a decalogue) for some requests with which, according to the Mexican government, the need could be addressed. migration in Latin America and the Caribbeanin addition to requesting that the blockade against Cuba be lifted.
In the Morning On January 5, the president said that if the United States wanted, such actions could be carried out, including the injection of 20 billion dollars that was requested.
“Regularize at least 10 million Hispanics who have been working honestly for at least 10 years in USA. Lift the blockade Cuba and begin a bilateral dialogue and abandon those fears of terrorism, what danger could this mean for the United States, Cuba or any other country?
Almost a month later, the February 14th He returned to the topic while talking about the fight against fentanyl and arms trafficking.
“The most humane thing is to help poor countries, just as they allocate all these billions of dollars for war, for confrontation… We are proposing (that they allocate) 20 billion dollars annually to support poor countries.” Central America, from the Caribbean, from Latin America, who have this problem of a lot of poverty.”
Months later, in an interview with a media outlet in his nation, the presidential candidate of the Republicans, Donald Trump He said he would not give “even 10 cents” to López Obrador’s immigration proposal.
“He said he wants $10 billion essentially just to talk, $10 billion to talk, and that has since come out, and no, that wouldn’t happen with me, with the wall.”
For his part, the Mexican president has repeatedly said that Trump’s idea of continuing the construction of the wall is part of his rhetoric and electoral proposal, and that he will not do so, if he reaches the White House, because “he needs Mexico.”
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2024-09-23 20:30:08