Exclusive: Senior Guatemalan Official Says Trump Is Right, U.S. Aid Rarely Makes It To The Poor By Sara Carter

A senior Guatemalan official said his nation was aware President Donald Trump was going to cut funding to his nation, saying he understands the decision as the majority of funds designated to aid his nation’s poorest through development projects and other charities rarely reaches those who need it most.

It is a stunning admission by Guatemala’s Secretary of Strategic Intelligence Mario Duarte, who says the funding needs to be thoroughly accounted for by both the United States and Guatemala. He spoke to me on my latest podcast at the Sara Carter Show.

He discussed everything from U.S. Guatemala relations, illegal immigration, terrorism and fighting narco trafficking organizations. He added that the funding being cut will not affect his nation’s work and cooperation with the United States to curtail the growing security threats posed by narco traffickers and other major security issues, like the illegal immigration crisis. Duarte emphasized that the funding cuts will not be ‘directly’ related to security programs.

“To be honest with you, I don’t think most of that money is actually being properly used in our country, mainly in Guatemala,” Duarte told me. “A lot of that money goes to NGOs who spend it on mostly doing analysis and white papers sent studies. The money’s not really going towards the people. There’s no significant projects that really help us along those lines.”

Over the past year there have been ongoing discussions with State Department officials about the funding cuts, said Duarte. The funding cuts are “not directly related to all the security programs that allow us or allow us to Guatemalan authorities to assist also the U.S. authorities to curve down any flux of drugs, illegal immigrants, or any type of threat that can be coming through Guatemala towards the United States."

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