Honduras requests a mini marshal plan to try and curb violence in their country to prevent illegal i
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[QUOTE]TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran officials on Wednesday called for U.S. aid to Central America to reduce violence that has fueled a surge of child migration to the United States, with the foreign minister calling for a "mini-Marshall plan" to attack the broader underlying problems.
Honduran President Juan Hernandez said Washington should help Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras fight gangs with a plan similar to U.S. anti-drug programs in Colombia and Mexico, as well as funds to lift growth in the impoverished region.
"One has to recognize that our countries can't do it alone," he said at a conference about the unaccompanied minors fleeing for the United States. "We need help from the United States, from Mexico, because this is everyone's problem."[/QUOTE]
[url]http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0FL2L620140717?irpc=932[/url]
I'm all for the US helping our neighbors anyway we can as long as they want the help.
this is the way to do it fix/ help fix what's happening that's making them leave.
[QUOTE=OvB;45415224]I'm all for the US helping our neighbors anyway we can as long as they want the help.[/QUOTE]
As am I. If they're openly asking for the help then by all means lend it. I just have a problem with Congress shoving their dick into random countries going "These poor dumb bastards need our help this time so let's go in".
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