Mexico brings major leverage to negotiations, as Biden needs Mexican help to fix a problem that is driving down his poll numbers, said three U.S. officials.

… in late December, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken went to Mexico to meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to ask for greater assistance. Those conversations were “preliminary,” the officials said, and did not result in hard promises from either side.

In a press conference on Friday, López Obrador called on the U.S. to approve a plan that would deploy $20 billion to Latin American and Caribbean countries, suspend the U.S. blockade of Cuba, remove all sanctions against Venezuela and grant at least 10 million Hispanics living in the U.S. the right to remain and work legally.

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  • Gigan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    529·
    10 months ago

    López Obrador called on the U.S. to approve a plan that would deploy $20 billion

    Seems like extortion

    • Altofaltception@lemmy.worldEnglish
      301·
      10 months ago

      Given how much of the current problems in those Latin American countries is because of US interference, this is a good start.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      10 months ago

      Not really, most of those people are refugees. It’s a “we’ll help reduce the rate of refugees you get, but we need you to invest in reducing the rate of people that are refugees and treat the ones you have better” situation