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DONALD TRUMP'S AID CUTS ARE ALREADY HURTING THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN HONDURAS: 'MAYBE HE D
DONALD TRUMP'S AID CUTS ARE ALREADY HURTING THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN HONDURAS: 'MAYBE HE DOESN'T KNOW'
BY CHANTAL DA SILVA ON 9/8/19 AT 4:20 AM EDT
Sunlight streams through the windows, dappling brightly-painted walls as children's laughter rings out above festive music blasting through the radio.
If you didn't already know, you would never be able to guess that the Puerta a las Misiones youth outreach center is smack dab in the middle of a danger zone.
Here in Rivera Hernández, one of the toughest neighborhoods in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and perhaps one of the toughest neighborhoods in the world, streets are divided into five smaller districts, each under the control of a different gang.
In this neighborhood, it is gang leaders, not government, that hold the local authority-and here, they rule with a heavy fist. Cross into the wrong part of town or unknowingly break one of your local gang's rules and it could easily cost you your life.
More:
https://www.newsweek.com/usaid-funding-honduras-impact-trump-administration-1458179?piano_t=1