.> But the Honduran president’s passionate appeal for democratic sovereignty, a recurrent theme in Central American history, clashes with the deeply ingrained notion in the psyche of much of the U.S. foreign-policy establishment that still considers Honduras a part of the proverbial “backyard,” where the United States can promote and protect what it believes to be in its own interests.
In response to the migrant crisis at the southern U.S. border, the Biden administration says it is focused on addressing the root causes of migration in Central America, which include “lack of economic opportunity, poor governance and corruption, crime and violence.” Supporting an investment scheme, like the Honduran ZEDEs, that threatens human rights, enables corruption, undermines the rule of law, and is shielded from government regulation does the opposite of addressing those root causes.

https://archive.is/sFiJb
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/24/honduras-zedes-us-prospera-world-bank-biden-castro/

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