EURONEWS<\/a><\/p>\nMillions of new trees will soon begin sprouting in El Salvador thanks to a programme funded by the Mexican government that aims to help impoverished communities that often create fertile ground for fleeing migrants.<\/p>\n
Part of a larger push to plant more fruit and wood trees championed by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the $30 million grant will be spread across some 1.2 million acres (50,000 hectares), an area the size of more than 900,000 American football fields.<\/p>\n
The programme was announced on Thursday in Tapachula, a Mexican town that borders Guatemala, during an event headlined by Lopez Obrador, Mexico\u2019s leftist leader who has long focussed on the poor, and El Salvador\u2019s new president, Nayib Bukele.<\/p>\n
Their partnership comes as Mexico is under intense pressure to stem the flow of U.S.-bound migrants by President Donald Trump, who has dangled repeated tariff threats on all Mexican exports if Lopez Obrador fails.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure that better times are coming for all of us,\u201d said Bukele, a 37-year-old entrepreneur of Palestinian descent who took office this month.<\/p>\n
The grant will eventually exceed $100 million, officials said. They also announced the construction of what they called the biggest plant nursery in Mexico, expected to produce some 40 million plants and offer temporary jobs to some 2,500 migrants.<\/p>\n
Two new shelters for migrant families with a capacity to hold 5,000 people are also part of the plans, according to a statement from Mexico\u2019s ministry of well-being.<\/p>\n
Migration loomed large over the announcements, especially the deal Mexico struck a couple weeks ago with the United States that commits it to reduce the flow of mostly Central American migrants within 45 days.<\/p>\n
If Trump determines that Mexico\u2019s efforts are insufficient, he has said he would consider reviving the tariff threat.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have the commitment, and we are going to meet it, to better control our border, on our southern border, to ask that those who enter (Mexico) register,\u201d said Lopez Obrador.<\/p>\n
But he also appeared to support those fleeing violence and bleak economic prospects back home.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to see the migrant as a human being who is seeking a better life, better conditions to work and risking everything,\u201d said Lopez Obrador, adding that those passing though Mexico will not be mistreated.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we will never encourage this rejection of foreigners,\u201d he said to a smattering of applause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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