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Tag: Mexican officials

  • Friday, October 26th 2018 - 09:51 UTC

    Honduras domestic political dispute plays to the benefit of Trump and Republicans

    Initially planned as a modest caravan of a few hundred people, it grew quickly to about 7,000 migrants as desperation took over.

    The flier began circulating on social media in Honduras this month, showing a lone migrant sketched against a bright red backdrop. It was a call to join a caravan, the work of leftist activists and politicians who had helped lead migrants north in the past. But they also tossed a political spark into the mix, blaming their right-wing government for the exodus: “The violence and poverty is expelling us.”