Guatemala’s President Otto Pérez Molina met President Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico City last week. As well as the latest indication of burgeoning bilateral ties which have gathered pace since Peña Nieto took office in December 2012, such cooperation is also important for the sub-region. It is crucial to the Plan Alianza para la Prosperidad (PAP) unveiled last year by the three leaders of Central America’s ‘Northern Triangle’ (Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras), aimed at tackling the causes of the recent child migrant crisis. The PAP, which is being developed in cooperation with the US and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), was advanced during a recent visit to Guatemala City by US Vice-President Joe Biden [WR-15-10].End of preview - This article contains approximately 582 words.
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