Monday, March 30, 2009

Central Am asks for easing ejections


Central American leaders plan to use their meeting with Vice President Joe Biden to urge him to slow deportations from the country, according to an AP article.

Proposed measures include allowing Guatemalans in a temporary visa program already used by Salvadorans, Hondurans and Nicaraguans.

The U.S. sent 80,000 people back to the region last year.

"These meetings are a first and important step toward a new day for relations and the development of a partnership between the countries and peoples of the hemisphere," Biden said in Costa Rica's La Nacion.


The leaders of Nicaragua and Honduras, Daniel Ortega and Manuel Zelaya respectively, will not attend the meeting.

Watch Biden speaking about Cuba here.

Source: AP

Photo: Topnews.com

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