WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has sought to address endemic violence and corruption fueling migration from Central America by bolstering government reforms in the region and combating poverty with private investment.
But Harris’s trip Thursday to the inauguration of Honduran President Xiomara Castro, amid political turmoil in the country, risks underscoring the difficulty in delivering change to a region beset by corruption and chaos.
The White House hopes Castro can usher in a new era for the troubled Central American nation and a break from outgoing President Juan Orlando Hernandez, whom U.S. prosecutors have tied to drug smugglers, an allegation he denies.
