Bolivian
President Evo Morales said: "Trump insults the world and
demonstrates his opinions and politics are contaminated by capitalist
racism, fascism, arrogance and ignorance."
Latin
American leaders are rising up to defend the world's most
impoverished migrants after U.S. President Donald Trump allegedly
referred to certain developing nations as "shithole countries."
Bolivian
President Evo Morales expressed his indignation on Twitter: "To
insult African countries, El Salvador and Haiti, Trump insults the
world and demonstrates his opinions and politics are contaminated by
capitalist racism, fascism, arrogance, and ignorance. History has
shown that those who offend like this end up eating their words."
In
Venezuela, the seventh meeting of the Bolivarian Alliance for the
People of America (ALBA) reviewed the incident, collectively stating
that they considered Trump's racist slur – directed at Latin
American and African nations – offensive.
Venezuelan
Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said: "El Salvador and Haiti
yesterday were once again victims of U.S. President Donald Trump's
aggression. Even if he's trying to take back his words, what's
important... is that we now know that what Donald Trump thinks is
even worse that whatever he could have said about our brother nations
and their dignity. And we know how his restrictive immigration
policies are hurting our people in the Caribbean, Mexico and Central
America, a lot of them reunited here in the Bolivarian Alliance."
El
Salvador has been greatly affected by changes in U.S. immigration
policies – most notably the eradication of the Temporary Protected
Status (TPS) program. President Salvador Sanchez posted a message on
Twitter saying that the nation demanded "respect for the
dignity of its noble and courageous people."
One
of the nation's largest political parties, the Frente Farabundo Marti
para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN), also released a statement saying
they were offended and aggravated by Trump's "racist,
anti-immigrant, anti-Salvadoran and anti-American" language.
"The history of our people's struggle and our defensive
position of our country, with dignity and pride, has been
demonstrated to the world on numerous occasions," the
statement reads. "This same attitude strengthens us to
condemn the insults today."
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