WATCH: Vice President Kamala Harris, after meeting with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, said the United States wants to increase aid to the region and manage migration in a secure and humane way
President Joe Biden, who has moved away from predecessor Donald Trump's hard-line immigration approach, gave Harris the job of leading U.S. efforts with Mexico and Central America's Northern Triangle countries - Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala - to stop migrants from crossing into the United States.
President Giammattei said Guatemala is looking forward to her visit but wants to reach an agreement on issues before she travels.U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris holds a videoconference with Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei to discuss solutions to an increase in migration as she looks for ways to defuse a migrant crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2021.
On April 5, Guatemala said it was purchasing 16 million Russian Sputnik V vaccines to inoculate about half the country's population.
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