Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Honduras this month to attend the inauguration of President-elect Xiomara Castro and to address matters including migration, a challenge which she was picked to tackle head-on by President Joe Biden.
The plans for the trip come roughly a month after Harris revealed commitments by businesses and social enterprises totaling $1.2 billion to help develop Central America, which is “part of her role addressing the root causes of migration from Central America,” according to the White House.
“Vice President Kamala Harris will lead the Presidential Delegation to Honduras to attend the January 27 inauguration of President-elect Xiomara Castro. The Vice President’s visit will further the commitment she and President-elect Castro made during their December 10 phone call to deepen the partnership between the United States and Honduras and work together to advance economic growth, combat corruption, and address the root causes of migration,” Sabrina Singh, deputy press secretary for the vice president, said in a statement Tuesday.
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Castro, the wife of former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, was elected as the first female president last year. Her opponent, National Party candidate Nasry Asfura, conceded to Castro days later.
Harris too made history in January when she became the first female, first black, and first South Asian American vice president.
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This will be the second visit to Central America for Harris. She visited Guatemala and Mexico in June.
Biden tasked Harris with tackling the increase in migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in March, which at the time included a spike in unaccompanied minors. That job includes overseeing diplomatic efforts involving the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
