MEXICO CITY — Mexico on Wednesday announced a joint plan with the United States to send progression and agriculture to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador to stem the tide of migration from Central American countries.
Mexico had long sought a commitment from the United States to fund President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s tree-planting program, known as “Sembrando Vida. “
While the joint plan announced Wednesday that it had followed a similar nameplate, “Sowing Opportunities” or “Planting Opportunities,” it contained no express investment or U. S. commitments to Mexico’s forestry program.
The U. S. Agency for International Development called the plan “a new framework for progressive cooperation to address the fundamental reasons for abnormal migration from northern Central America. “
Under the plan announced Wednesday, both countries will work through their own development aid agencies.
The most ambitious targets were set for Honduras, where the joint plan aims to reach as many as 500,000 young people, mainly through training programs and scholarships.
The two governments “plan to bring skills and reports to other young people with the goal of guiding them toward long-term employment, cutting off the threat of abnormal migration,” according to one issued through Mexico’s Foreign Department.
Programs in Guatemala and El Salvador will seek to publicize business and government practices, as well as provide assistance.
In recent years, more and more Central American migrants are at the U. S. border to immigrate.
In Mexico, the “Sembrando Vida” forestry program has been denounced, which will pay farmers a monthly salary for planting and planting fruit or timber trees.
Critics say the program has some farmers cut down existing grass forests in order to receive payments.
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