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Posted on 01/03/2025 2:21:17 PM PST by Vendome
Honduras has threatened to shut down rent-free United States military bases in the country if President-elect Donald Trump carries out his mass deportation policy.
President Xiomara Castro said officials would consider "a change in our policies of cooperation with the United States, especially in the military arena," in the face of "unnecessary reprisals against our migrants."
Honduran President Xiomara Castro has cautioned that she could consider ending military cooperation with the United States if President-elect Trump follows through on his proposals for mass deportations, rejecting asylum claims, and separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Castro issued the warning in a New Year's Day message, in which she emphasized the need for constructive dialogue with the incoming administration.
She highlighted the fact that the U.S. does not pay rent for military bases in Honduras.
Honduran Deputy Foreign Minister Tony García said that around 250,000 Hondurans are slated for deportation from the U.S. in 2025 and that Honduras is not prepared to handle such a large influx of people.
President Xiomara Castro said in a statement on New Year's Day: "Faced with a hostile attitude of mass expulsion of our brothers, we would have to consider a change in our policies of cooperation with the United States, especially in the military arena, where, without paying a cent for decades, they maintain military bases in our territory, which in this case would lose all reason to exist in Honduras."
"We hope that the new U.S. administration of democratically elected President Donald Trump will be open to dialogue, constructive and friendly, and will not take unnecessary reprisals against our migrants, who normally make a great contribution to the U.S. economy," she added.
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One. We don’t need bases there anyway.
Two. You lose access to US money and markets.
Three. A Honduran rando isn’t going to outTrump Trump.
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