Xiomara Castropresident of Hondurassaid yes Donald Trump deports compatriots en masse, will expel the military bases of USA which is in Honduran territory.
The warning was made by the president on the national radio and television network this Wednesday January 1in the middle of the New Year, on the eve of Trump assuming the presidency of USA.
“Faced with a hostile attitude of mass expulsion (of Hondurans), we would have to consider a change in our cooperation policies with the United States, especially in the military field, in which without paying a cent for decades they maintain military bases in our territory” Castro said.
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If Trump’s mass deportations of Hondurans are carried out, Castró added that the US military bases “would lose all reason for existing in Honduras.”
And it is that in Comayaguacentral Honduras, is located Palmerola base of the United States that was built in the 80s for the fight of communist movements.
Xiomara Castro added that she hopes Trump will agree to a dialogue instead of taking “unnecessary retaliation against our migrants, who as a rule make a great contribution to the North American economy.”
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Honduras will address migration issue with Mexico
She announced that as president of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States will convene in January along with the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, to a meeting of foreign ministers in order to address the issue of migration.
According to the Honduran vice chancellor, Tony Garciasome 250 thousand Hondurans They are on the list to be deported in 2025 from the United States, and that Honduras is not prepared to receive a number of people like that.
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Nearly two million Hondurans live in the United States, most of them undocumented, who contribute more than 25% of the Gross domestic product (GDP) of Honduras through remittances.
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