The countryβs leader, Gustavo Petro, backed down after a clash with President Trump, which started when Mr. Petro turned back U.S. military planes carrying deportees.
Many Latin American countries are trying to distance themselves from Beijing. But in response to President Trumpβs sweeping deportation plans, Honduras is doing the opposite.
The plan, called βMexico Embraces You,β seeks to reassure undocumented migrants facing expulsion. Some experts question if the government is really ready to reabsorb them.
Mexican officials and other leaders in the region have not been able to meet with the incoming administration about its migration and deportation plans.
Few took the president-electβs combative comments at face value, but they still sent a shudder through a country that the United States has invaded before.
In pushing back against President-elect Donald J. Trumpβs plan, President Xiomara Castro threatened that a base hosting U.S. troops could βlose all reason to exist in Honduras.β