US Vice President Harris to speak with Mexican president on tree-planting proposal
The virtual meeting will include Mexico's economy minister, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said in a tweet
Central American migrants work in a compost to create organic material to be used as fertilizer for plants, as part of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador administration's signature "Sembrando Vida," or "Sowing Life" program, at the Tapachula Forestry Garden Center, in Tapachula, Mexico April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Torres
US Vice President Kamala Harris will speak with Mexico's president on 7 May about his proposal to expand a tree-planting program to Central America as way to reduce poverty and migration, Mexico's foreign minister said on Saturday.
The virtual meeting will include Mexico's economy minister, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said in a tweet.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has suggested the US government offer temporary work visas and eventually citizenship to those who take part in the tree-planting program.
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