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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVP Harris to Guatemalen Pres. (seen that look at :20 before...😏)
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"Vice President Kamala Harris tells the Guatemalan President to his face that political corruption, violence against lgbt people and Afro-descendants are some of the root causes of migration to America."
"She adds that The Biden-Harris administration is willing to provide aid to help with these issues. Noting it wont be solved overnight."
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VP Harris to Guatemalen Pres. (seen that look at :20 before...😏) (Original Post)
Budi
Apr 2021
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Aristus
(66,477 posts)1. This is going to pay so many more positive dividends than Reagan's
"Let's send in government-trained death squads" approach.
Any medical provider will tell you: "Don't treat the symptom; treat the underlying problem."
Good for VP Harris. She's doing an amazing job.
Budi
(15,325 posts)2. VP Kamala Harris is absolutely the right person for this job
Her background gives this particular mission a necessary edge.
Bet she's got a big stick next to her soft spoken speech, too~
Thank you VP !
Biophilic
(3,704 posts)3. Yes, oh yes. She makes me proud. nt
hunter
(38,337 posts)5. God it is nice to have competent leaders again...
... four years in Trump / Pence hell was too much.
peppertree
(21,682 posts)6. Corruption and the lack of good governance is practically the 4th branch of gov't in Latin America
In some places more than others - but Guatemala (and neighboring Honduras) has long had among the worst records in that regard.