US Aid Helps Not Only Central America

Published in El Mundo
(El Salvador) on 3 April 2019
by Editorial (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Jane Vogel. Edited by Denile Doyle.
Cooperation from the United States opens job opportunities and improves security, reducing migration.

The Trump administration has announced plans to cut aid to the three Central American Northern Triangle countries, including El Salvador, in a measure that, far from creating solutions for the U.S., could very well complicate matters.

It is important to remember that, beyond the rhetoric from the Trump administration, it is the U.S. Congress that decides the amounts and beneficiaries of foreign aid. In fact, the administration’s could be an announcement with very little real effect.

However, there is need for caution. The cooperative programs with the U.S. have been focused, in the past decade, on plans for development so that citizens from these countries can find employment and education that allow them to stay in their countries and avoid migrating to the U.S. Support for programs to combat the endemic insecurity that we suffer from is equally important to these countries.

In large measure, the Central American migration crisis, with all of its caravans, is a reflection of the U.S. abandonment of Central America after the civil wars.

The U.S. must continue cooperation with these countries because it allows them to improve conditions in order to avoid migration and improve security. They should understand that.


La cooperación de EE.UU. abre oportunidades de empleo y mejora la seguridad, evitan-do la migración.
La administración Trump ha anunciado su intención de cortar la ayuda a los tres países del Triángulo Norte de Centroamérica, incluyendo a El Salvador, en una medida que lejos de crear soluciones para Estados Unidos, podría más bien, complicarlas.
Hay que tomar en cuenta que más allá de la retórica de la administración Trump, es el congreso estadounidense el que decide los montos y las asignaciones de la ayuda al exterior. De manera que éste puede ser un anuncio con muy poco efecto real.
Sin embargo, es necesario advertir que los programas de cooperación estadounidense han estado enfocados, en la última década, a planes de desarrollo para que la población de estos países encuentre empleo y educación que le permita quedarse en sus países y evitar la migración hacia Estados Unidos. Igualmente ha sido muy importante para estos países, los programas de apoyo para combatir la inseguridad endémica que sufrimos.
En gran medida, la crisis migratoria centroamericana, con todo y sus caravanas, es un reflejo de cierto abandono que hizo Estados Unidos después de las guerras civiles en Centroamérica.
Estados Unidos debe mantener la cooperación hacia nuestros países porque con ello contribuye a mejorar las condiciones para que se evite la migración y se mejore la seguridad. Eso deberían entender.
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