WEBVTT 00:01.240 --> 00:04.700 Well , all right , we give the floor to 00:04.700 --> 00:07.050 President Alejandro Joubert of 00:07.060 --> 00:10.460 Guatemala , thank you very much . 00:13.240 --> 00:16.800 You may take your seats please , truth 00:16.810 --> 00:19.180 be said for the government and people 00:19.180 --> 00:22.510 of Guatemala . The visit by madam , 00:22.510 --> 00:25.230 Vice President of the United States 00:25.740 --> 00:29.470 represents the opportunity to be able 00:29.470 --> 00:32.740 to work on a joint agenda with lines of 00:32.740 --> 00:35.990 action that we have defined that our 00:35.990 --> 00:39.200 work teams have defined prior to the 00:39.200 --> 00:43.170 speeding in which in the end 00:43.390 --> 00:46.390 seeks to accomplish prosperity in our 00:46.390 --> 00:49.850 country . Mhm . To ensure that we can 00:49.860 --> 00:52.220 create more employment so that we can 00:52.220 --> 00:55.050 go and look into the inner cities of 00:55.050 --> 00:58.780 our country of with a program of rural 00:58.780 --> 01:00.724 development where we will have the 01:00.724 --> 01:03.060 support of the United States . But in 01:03.060 --> 01:06.170 addition to that we discussed several 01:06.170 --> 01:09.960 topics , topics having to do with 01:11.840 --> 01:14.750 the concerns that the United States has 01:15.340 --> 01:18.040 concerning the evolution of this 01:18.050 --> 01:21.730 country . We shared our points of view 01:21.740 --> 01:24.850 and the ways in which we have 01:25.340 --> 01:27.400 thought of tackling the different 01:27.400 --> 01:30.700 issues and the search for openness 01:30.710 --> 01:34.270 of their market to give us greater 01:34.270 --> 01:37.420 access to the United States to generate 01:37.420 --> 01:40.040 prosperity in our countries by 01:40.040 --> 01:43.660 introducing necessary changes . Two 01:44.240 --> 01:46.680 for migration to become orderly 01:46.680 --> 01:49.920 migration through H two A . 01:49.930 --> 01:53.430 Visas and age too B 01:53.440 --> 01:56.720 visas . We believe that we can start a 01:56.720 --> 01:59.860 very simple process . Two 02:01.640 --> 02:04.610 allow people to migrate regularly to 02:04.610 --> 02:07.370 the United States . We also spoke about 02:07.380 --> 02:09.760 the need to support the United States 02:10.240 --> 02:12.760 with a returnee center 02:15.140 --> 02:18.610 that will be located in the 02:18.610 --> 02:21.250 western part of the country and for 02:21.250 --> 02:24.350 which we will join efforts to implement 02:24.940 --> 02:26.500 and in that manner 02:29.040 --> 02:32.740 help to ensure that the flow of persons 02:33.040 --> 02:36.640 in the southern border of the United 02:36.640 --> 02:40.630 States be controlled . We are also 02:40.640 --> 02:43.800 working strongly on a family 02:43.810 --> 02:47.740 reunification program legally . However , 02:47.750 --> 02:50.340 legally so that persons who wish to 02:50.340 --> 02:53.950 reunify their families can do so by 02:53.950 --> 02:56.130 filling out the paperwork and the 02:56.130 --> 02:59.710 consulate and in the the United States 02:59.710 --> 03:01.710 Embassy , that we'll have a special 03:01.710 --> 03:03.877 section for this . And in that case we 03:03.877 --> 03:07.760 can start regular controlled migration , 03:08.240 --> 03:11.290 but particularly whereby we can begin 03:11.290 --> 03:13.540 to generate the opportunities in the 03:13.540 --> 03:16.250 historically neglected departments 03:18.040 --> 03:21.370 that are at the 03:21.370 --> 03:24.790 border with Mexico and that keeps 03:24.790 --> 03:28.070 expelling our fellow citizens , for 03:28.070 --> 03:30.470 which Madam Vice President has begun 03:30.470 --> 03:32.692 contacts of with members of the private 03:32.692 --> 03:36.410 sector in the United States 03:38.240 --> 03:42.170 that so their companies 03:42.170 --> 03:44.960 can establish businesses in our country 03:45.340 --> 03:48.480 to create more employment and thus stop 03:48.480 --> 03:50.900 migration . I just wish you to say to 03:50.900 --> 03:54.280 you madam Vice President that it was an 03:54.280 --> 03:57.740 honor to have you with us today . I 03:57.740 --> 03:59.796 take your word that you are going to 03:59.796 --> 04:03.460 come back and we will go together to 04:03.470 --> 04:06.040 visit those areas where we need 04:06.050 --> 04:08.510 development and we're with your 04:08.510 --> 04:11.560 cooperation Starting on ground zero . 04:11.940 --> 04:14.590 We can begin to further strengthen the 04:14.590 --> 04:16.757 relationship between Guatemala and the 04:16.757 --> 04:20.480 United States . And we can move forward 04:20.480 --> 04:24.000 mile after mile until we can turn this 04:24.000 --> 04:26.222 country into a country of opportunities 04:26.222 --> 04:29.430 where people wish to stay . But 04:29.430 --> 04:32.720 particularly were the hope of staying 04:32.730 --> 04:36.080 is realistic because they can find a 04:36.080 --> 04:38.024 better future and that will be the 04:38.024 --> 04:39.969 foundation for them not to need to 04:39.969 --> 04:42.191 migrate . Thank you very much for being 04:42.191 --> 04:45.730 with us madam Vice President and now we 04:45.730 --> 04:48.220 will listen to her Excellency Mrs 04:48.230 --> 04:50.397 Cameron Harris , Vice President of the 04:50.397 --> 04:53.460 United States of America . Okay and 04:53.460 --> 04:55.580 thank you for warmly welcoming me and 04:55.580 --> 04:59.570 our delegation to Guatemala . We had a 04:59.580 --> 05:02.630 robust candid and a thorough 05:02.630 --> 05:05.020 conversation about the many issues that 05:05.020 --> 05:06.870 are priorities for each of our 05:06.870 --> 05:10.060 countries . The President and I 05:10.070 --> 05:12.980 discussed a fundamental belief that 05:12.980 --> 05:15.960 most people don't want to leave home . 05:16.340 --> 05:18.420 They don't want to leave the place 05:19.040 --> 05:22.270 where they grew up , where the language 05:22.270 --> 05:24.810 they know is spoken , where their 05:24.810 --> 05:27.730 culture that they know is present and 05:27.730 --> 05:30.560 has been in this case for centuries . 05:30.940 --> 05:33.051 Most people don't want to leave where 05:33.051 --> 05:35.390 their grandmother lives and when they 05:35.400 --> 05:38.050 do it is usually for one of two reasons 05:38.740 --> 05:40.851 because they are fleeing some type of 05:40.851 --> 05:44.250 harm or because to stay means that they 05:44.250 --> 05:46.400 cannot provide for their essential 05:46.400 --> 05:48.650 needs and the needs of their family . 05:49.520 --> 05:52.460 The President and I share a firm belief 05:53.830 --> 05:57.450 that our responsibility and 05:57.620 --> 06:00.800 our capacity is to give people a sense 06:00.810 --> 06:03.610 of hope . We talked extensively about 06:03.620 --> 06:05.787 this through the many conversations we 06:05.787 --> 06:07.953 have had , including today , the power 06:07.953 --> 06:10.510 of hope , the ability that each of our 06:10.510 --> 06:13.680 government has to give people a sense 06:14.090 --> 06:17.300 that help is on the way to let them 06:17.300 --> 06:19.640 know that they are seen that they are 06:19.650 --> 06:22.860 heard that we see their capacity , 06:23.740 --> 06:26.960 but we also understand their challenges 06:26.970 --> 06:29.410 and their need for support and the 06:29.410 --> 06:32.660 resources that any human being needs to 06:32.660 --> 06:34.960 be able to survive , much less thrive . 06:35.640 --> 06:38.610 So that was fundamentally the spirit 06:38.620 --> 06:40.760 behind the conversation that we had . 06:41.540 --> 06:44.670 And as I mentioned , Mr President , I 06:44.670 --> 06:47.140 believe that our world is 06:47.140 --> 06:50.510 interconnected and interdependent and 06:50.510 --> 06:53.110 certainly the most recent issues that 06:53.110 --> 06:55.810 have plagued our globe including the 06:55.810 --> 06:58.160 pandemic , have made that point clear . 06:58.940 --> 07:00.790 Our world is interconnected and 07:00.790 --> 07:03.990 interdependent and therefore what 07:03.990 --> 07:07.530 happens abroad is of priority to the 07:07.530 --> 07:10.450 United States of America . And that is 07:10.450 --> 07:13.450 why I am in Guatemala today . And that 07:13.450 --> 07:16.520 is why President joe biden will travel 07:16.530 --> 07:19.370 to europe . Later this week , we are 07:19.370 --> 07:21.490 renewing our relationships around the 07:21.490 --> 07:25.060 globe and our presence around the 07:25.060 --> 07:28.290 world . In fact , just last week , I 07:28.290 --> 07:31.430 shared with the president that the 07:31.430 --> 07:33.740 United States will provide as a first 07:33.740 --> 07:37.180 donation 500,000 vaccines to 07:37.180 --> 07:40.590 Guatemala again , understanding the 07:40.600 --> 07:42.760 interdependence , the connection 07:42.760 --> 07:46.330 between us and the importance of 07:46.540 --> 07:49.470 looking out for and prioritizing the 07:49.470 --> 07:52.650 needs of one's neighbor . I am proud to 07:52.650 --> 07:54.720 report that the agreements between 07:54.720 --> 07:56.830 President Jammeh to and I have made 07:56.830 --> 07:59.680 today will strengthen the security and 07:59.680 --> 08:02.420 the prosperity for both the people of 08:02.420 --> 08:04.940 Guatemala and the people of the United 08:04.940 --> 08:08.000 States . And before we get to the 08:08.000 --> 08:10.056 questions , I just want to highlight 08:10.056 --> 08:12.222 several of those agreements . First on 08:12.222 --> 08:14.333 the issue of security is probably one 08:14.333 --> 08:16.444 of the highest priorities for each of 08:16.444 --> 08:18.630 our nations . The president , I agreed 08:18.630 --> 08:20.360 to continue our work to manage 08:20.360 --> 08:23.300 migration at Guatemala's northern and 08:23.300 --> 08:26.560 southern borders . We also discussed 08:26.940 --> 08:29.280 illicit drugs that are being smuggled 08:29.290 --> 08:31.300 and humans who are being trafficked 08:31.310 --> 08:33.860 across those borders , undermining the 08:33.860 --> 08:36.500 security of both the people of 08:36.500 --> 08:38.667 Guatemala and the people of the United 08:38.667 --> 08:41.560 States . Our nations have collaborated 08:41.560 --> 08:43.820 on these issues and we will create a 08:43.820 --> 08:46.100 smuggling and human trafficking task 08:46.100 --> 08:48.270 force which will work with local law 08:48.270 --> 08:50.760 enforcement to stop these crimes . 08:52.140 --> 08:54.251 And I have personally worked on these 08:54.251 --> 08:57.770 cases in my career and can say 08:57.780 --> 09:00.480 that when we see some of the most 09:00.480 --> 09:03.420 vulnerable in our communities being 09:03.420 --> 09:06.910 take advantage of being sold for profit , 09:06.920 --> 09:09.130 being abused , it should be a priority 09:09.130 --> 09:11.370 for all of us who care about the human 09:11.370 --> 09:15.110 condition and humanity . 2nd on 09:15.110 --> 09:17.800 economic development , the President 09:17.800 --> 09:20.930 and I also discussed the root causes of 09:20.930 --> 09:23.720 migration in particular the lack of 09:23.730 --> 09:27.230 economic opportunity for many people 09:27.300 --> 09:30.060 here in Guatemala . The United States 09:30.060 --> 09:32.010 recognizes that it is both in our 09:32.020 --> 09:35.450 interest and reflective of our values . 09:35.460 --> 09:38.980 To help create that opportunity and to 09:38.980 --> 09:42.540 share in economic prosperity . We will 09:42.540 --> 09:45.190 launch a young women's empowerment 09:45.200 --> 09:47.950 initiative to increase education and 09:47.950 --> 09:50.270 economic opportunities for girls and 09:50.270 --> 09:53.500 women understanding here in Guatemala , 09:53.510 --> 09:55.850 there is a rich tradition of girls and 09:55.850 --> 09:58.880 women being a part of the culture and 09:58.880 --> 10:02.330 the economy with extraordinary 10:02.330 --> 10:06.160 skills and therefore the ability to 10:06.160 --> 10:09.650 thrive when seen as someone 10:09.660 --> 10:13.200 who can be the source of investment for 10:13.200 --> 10:15.760 the economic growth of the entire 10:15.760 --> 10:19.590 community . We will also invest in 10:19.590 --> 10:22.910 agribusiness and affordable housing and 10:22.910 --> 10:25.510 supporting entrepreneurs . President 10:25.510 --> 10:27.732 Jonathan has mentioned to me many times 10:27.732 --> 10:29.770 today and in previous conversations 10:29.780 --> 10:32.690 about his priority around what can 10:32.690 --> 10:34.634 happen in terms of the planting of 10:34.634 --> 10:36.746 trees and what that can mean in terms 10:36.746 --> 10:39.250 of ecology and our environment . Well 10:39.260 --> 10:41.371 recently , there's been a lot of talk 10:41.371 --> 10:44.490 about eco preneurs , entrepreneurs who 10:44.490 --> 10:46.680 are focused on climate , who are 10:46.680 --> 10:49.000 focused on what might happen which is 10:49.000 --> 10:51.111 to protect our environment , but also 10:51.111 --> 10:53.278 see the capacity for jobs and economic 10:53.278 --> 10:55.750 development as a connection with that 10:55.760 --> 10:59.390 pursuit . I will also continue to work 10:59.400 --> 11:02.200 with Ceos around the world to encourage 11:02.200 --> 11:05.120 investment in Guatemala and Mr . 11:05.120 --> 11:07.231 President . I look forward to working 11:07.231 --> 11:09.453 with you on that , as I shared with you 11:09.453 --> 11:11.398 in Washington , D . C . I recently 11:11.398 --> 11:14.900 convened some of our biggest Ceos who 11:14.900 --> 11:17.290 have a profound interest for many 11:17.290 --> 11:19.960 reasons on supporting the work that 11:19.960 --> 11:21.904 happens here and the work that can 11:21.904 --> 11:23.793 happen here in Guatemala to again 11:23.793 --> 11:26.890 uplift folks who may have been 11:26.890 --> 11:30.040 overlooked or neglected but also uplift 11:30.050 --> 11:32.190 the natural capacity and resources of 11:32.190 --> 11:34.940 this beautiful country , which brings 11:34.940 --> 11:37.980 me to our third area of discussion and 11:37.980 --> 11:40.520 agreement . Uh The President and I 11:40.520 --> 11:42.460 discussed the importance of anti 11:42.460 --> 11:45.470 corruption and the importance of an 11:45.470 --> 11:47.530 independent judiciary . The United 11:47.530 --> 11:50.350 States will create an anti corruption 11:50.350 --> 11:54.330 task force the first of its kind , our 11:54.330 --> 11:56.219 Justice Department , our Treasury 11:56.219 --> 11:58.440 Department and our State Department 11:58.450 --> 12:00.117 will work together to conduct 12:00.117 --> 12:02.100 investigations and train local law 12:02.100 --> 12:05.770 enforcement to conduct their own . Our 12:05.770 --> 12:07.790 task force will support Guatemalan 12:07.790 --> 12:11.740 prosecutors , including um , VC . 12:11.750 --> 12:14.430 And listen , no corruption , corruption 12:14.430 --> 12:17.000 does not know borders . And we want to 12:17.000 --> 12:18.780 make sure that this is about 12:18.790 --> 12:20.740 transnational crime and we have to 12:20.740 --> 12:23.500 follow the money and we have to stop it 12:23.510 --> 12:25.930 and that's what we intend to do . I can 12:25.930 --> 12:28.520 tell you from my work on this issue 12:28.530 --> 12:31.050 years ago , follow the money . 12:33.140 --> 12:35.260 The underlying reason for so much of 12:35.260 --> 12:37.670 what we are saying in terms of this 12:37.680 --> 12:40.090 level and type of corruption is about 12:40.100 --> 12:43.260 profit . It is about profit without 12:43.260 --> 12:45.930 concerned for the damage it creates to 12:45.940 --> 12:48.390 real human life , to families , to 12:48.400 --> 12:52.180 Children , to communities . And I 12:52.180 --> 12:54.780 want to emphasize that the goal of our 12:54.780 --> 12:58.640 work is to help Guatemalans find 12:58.640 --> 13:02.440 hope at home . At the same time , I 13:02.440 --> 13:04.930 want to be clear to folks in this 13:04.930 --> 13:07.310 region who are thinking about making 13:07.320 --> 13:10.370 that dangerous trek to the United 13:10.370 --> 13:13.860 States . Mexico border do not come , 13:15.940 --> 13:19.290 do not come . The United States will 13:19.290 --> 13:22.470 continue to enforce our laws and secure 13:22.480 --> 13:25.880 our border . There are legal methods 13:26.440 --> 13:29.860 by which migration can and should occur . 13:31.240 --> 13:34.010 But we , as one of our priorities will 13:34.010 --> 13:37.560 discourage illegal migration . 13:38.740 --> 13:41.720 And I believe if you come to our border , 13:41.730 --> 13:45.690 you will be turned back . So let's 13:45.690 --> 13:48.900 discourage our friends , our neighbors , 13:48.900 --> 13:51.410 our family members , from embarking on 13:51.410 --> 13:53.740 what is otherwise an extremely 13:53.750 --> 13:57.220 dangerous journey . Were in large part 13:57.230 --> 13:59.560 the only people who benefit are coyotes 14:02.840 --> 14:04.896 and let us do our work together . Mr 14:04.896 --> 14:07.090 President again with our mutual 14:07.090 --> 14:10.020 commitment of knowing that hope is on 14:10.020 --> 14:13.100 the way . And I believe the actions we 14:13.100 --> 14:15.500 take together will improve the lives of 14:15.500 --> 14:17.570 Guatemalans and as I meet with 14:17.580 --> 14:19.413 Guatemalan community members and 14:19.413 --> 14:21.620 leaders throughout this day I will 14:21.620 --> 14:23.620 speak with them on what more can be 14:23.620 --> 14:26.290 done again . Mr President I want to 14:26.300 --> 14:28.078 thank you for such a productive 14:28.078 --> 14:29.770 conversation for your role of 14:29.770 --> 14:31.992 leadership and for the work we have yet 14:31.992 --> 14:33.603 to do together . Thank you . 14:37.640 --> 14:41.390 Mhm . And now we leave 14:41.390 --> 14:44.190 room for questions and answers . Miss 14:44.200 --> 14:46.930 Hillary Sanders and the Secretary of 14:46.930 --> 14:49.208 Social Communication of the Guatemalan , 14:49.208 --> 14:51.990 President Patricia Latona will give the 14:51.990 --> 14:55.190 floor to the media who are with us . 14:58.440 --> 14:58.650 Mm 15:04.040 --> 15:07.660 Yeah , thank you . Our first 15:07.660 --> 15:09.882 question will come from Alex Jaffe from 15:09.882 --> 15:13.660 the Associated Press . Sure , 15:14.040 --> 15:16.370 thank you both for uh taking questions . 15:16.380 --> 15:18.560 Um Madam Vice President , you just 15:18.560 --> 15:20.727 spoke about this , You've spoken about 15:20.727 --> 15:22.838 this in the past , the need to combat 15:22.838 --> 15:24.949 corruption to address the root causes 15:24.949 --> 15:26.893 of migration . But given President 15:26.893 --> 15:28.838 Jamaat's record on the issue , his 15:28.838 --> 15:30.560 criticism and objections to in 15:30.560 --> 15:33.220 resistance to anti corruption reformers 15:33.220 --> 15:35.750 in the nation , has he given you any 15:35.750 --> 15:37.750 commitments that he will not try to 15:37.750 --> 15:39.972 interfere in anti corruption efforts in 15:39.972 --> 15:42.194 the nation ? And what makes you believe 15:42.194 --> 15:44.361 that you can trust him as a partner on 15:44.361 --> 15:46.528 that issue ? And then President Jammeh 15:46.528 --> 15:48.639 to what do you say to critics who say 15:48.639 --> 15:50.472 that you are in fact part of the 15:50.472 --> 15:52.528 problem of corruption in your nation 15:52.528 --> 15:54.583 and that you don't take combating it 15:54.583 --> 15:56.528 seriously . And then one more just 15:56.528 --> 15:56.480 because we're going to Mexico tomorrow 15:56.490 --> 15:58.712 madam Vice President . Um There are big 15:58.712 --> 16:00.823 questions about why you and President 16:00.823 --> 16:02.890 biden have yet to visit the border , 16:02.900 --> 16:05.011 the U . S . Southern border . And I'm 16:05.011 --> 16:07.011 wondering if you can answer some of 16:07.011 --> 16:09.011 those republicans have charged that 16:09.011 --> 16:11.122 you're not taking the situation there 16:11.122 --> 16:13.178 seriously . So how do you respond to 16:13.178 --> 16:12.790 that criticism ? And when will that 16:12.790 --> 16:15.750 visit come ? So 16:18.740 --> 16:20.851 the end of the United States recently 16:21.140 --> 16:23.990 issued a very clear statement about 16:23.990 --> 16:26.157 where we as the United States stand on 16:26.157 --> 16:29.260 this issue . It was unambiguous that we 16:29.260 --> 16:31.660 will look to root out corruption 16:31.660 --> 16:33.771 wherever it exists because we know it 16:33.771 --> 16:35.604 is not in the best interest of a 16:35.604 --> 16:38.170 democracy . The President speaks the 16:38.170 --> 16:40.170 United States . President joe biden 16:40.170 --> 16:42.226 speaks a lot about this and actually 16:42.226 --> 16:44.226 President jean montagne and I spoke 16:44.226 --> 16:46.337 about that today . If we are truly to 16:46.337 --> 16:48.170 have and fight for democracies , 16:48.170 --> 16:49.726 especially in a world where 16:49.726 --> 16:51.781 increasingly they are under attack , 16:51.940 --> 16:54.900 One essential ingredient of our 16:54.900 --> 16:57.660 priorities must be to fight corruption . 16:58.040 --> 17:00.096 It erodes the confidence that people 17:00.096 --> 17:01.929 have in their government and its 17:01.929 --> 17:04.540 leaders . It compromises the ability of 17:04.550 --> 17:07.190 any country to maximize its natural 17:07.190 --> 17:09.490 resources to help and support its 17:09.490 --> 17:12.850 citizenry on the issue of any 17:12.850 --> 17:15.160 corruption , on the issue of Guatemala . 17:15.740 --> 17:17.573 That has been one of our highest 17:17.573 --> 17:19.684 priorities in terms of the focus that 17:19.684 --> 17:21.462 we have placed here . After the 17:21.462 --> 17:23.407 president asked me to take on this 17:23.407 --> 17:25.750 issue of focusing on this region of the 17:25.750 --> 17:28.450 world and the work we are doing and 17:28.450 --> 17:31.890 furtherance . Then of that priority is 17:31.890 --> 17:34.700 the work of again creating an anti 17:34.700 --> 17:37.390 corruption task force , bringing a 17:37.400 --> 17:39.650 renewed effort on behalf of the United 17:39.650 --> 17:41.594 States Department of Justice , the 17:41.594 --> 17:43.817 United States Treasury Department , the 17:43.817 --> 17:46.030 United States State Department to work 17:46.030 --> 17:49.610 collaboratively to identify to support 17:49.610 --> 17:52.080 investigations and ultimately , to 17:52.080 --> 17:54.760 support prosecutions and consequences 17:54.770 --> 17:57.110 for those who would endeavour to engage 17:57.110 --> 18:00.890 in corrupt behaviors . Furthermore , in 18:00.890 --> 18:03.940 bringing together the Ceos that we have 18:03.940 --> 18:06.060 been doing in the United States and 18:06.060 --> 18:08.004 convening them , they've made very 18:08.004 --> 18:10.680 clear that when it comes to the private 18:10.680 --> 18:13.660 sector , be it there or I might venture 18:13.660 --> 18:15.604 to say here or anywhere around the 18:15.604 --> 18:17.660 world , they want to know if they're 18:17.660 --> 18:19.771 gonna put their hard earned resources 18:19.771 --> 18:22.850 into any issue or initiative 18:23.440 --> 18:25.710 that it will go to its intended 18:25.710 --> 18:29.620 beneficiary and that means going to the 18:29.630 --> 18:33.550 people who need that support and not 18:34.340 --> 18:38.270 corrupt hands . There are many 18:38.280 --> 18:40.850 reasons why this is one of our highest 18:40.850 --> 18:42.961 priorities , which I think the people 18:42.961 --> 18:45.183 of Guatemala no , well , and the people 18:45.183 --> 18:47.350 of the United States understand well , 18:47.350 --> 18:49.461 if we are to be effective , if we are 18:49.461 --> 18:51.680 to be true to our principles , we must 18:51.680 --> 18:54.080 root out corruption wherever it exists . 18:54.090 --> 18:55.812 And that is one of our highest 18:55.812 --> 18:57.812 priorities for that reason , on the 18:57.812 --> 19:01.670 issue of uh republicans , political 19:02.040 --> 19:05.560 um attacks our criticism 19:06.040 --> 19:08.720 um or even concerns . Uh , the reason I 19:08.720 --> 19:11.230 am here in Guatemala as my first trip 19:11.240 --> 19:13.407 as Vice President of the United States 19:13.407 --> 19:15.980 um is because this is one of our 19:15.980 --> 19:18.091 highest priorities and I came here to 19:18.091 --> 19:20.350 be here on the ground to speak with the 19:20.350 --> 19:23.240 leader of this nation around . What we 19:23.240 --> 19:27.180 can do in a way that is significant 19:27.190 --> 19:31.030 is tangible and has real results 19:31.040 --> 19:33.180 and I will continue to be focused on 19:33.180 --> 19:35.291 that kind of work as opposed to grand 19:35.291 --> 19:39.270 gestures when the service is 19:39.410 --> 19:42.770 available . Mhm Freddie Mariah's of 19:42.780 --> 19:43.950 Television , Azteca 19:47.140 --> 19:49.700 Madam . Vice President Mr President . 19:49.710 --> 19:52.790 We know that several topics important 19:52.800 --> 19:55.230 topics have been addressed in your 19:55.230 --> 19:57.397 bilateral meeting . However , we would 19:57.397 --> 19:59.690 like to know what has been the most 19:59.690 --> 20:03.460 important progress obtained as a result 20:03.460 --> 20:07.250 of this bilateral meeting . Thank 20:07.250 --> 20:11.060 you . Well for us , I 20:11.060 --> 20:13.370 think that we have addressed a number 20:13.370 --> 20:15.510 of topics that are concerned to both 20:15.510 --> 20:17.677 countries where I wanted to accomplish 20:17.677 --> 20:20.010 the economic development of the country , 20:20.010 --> 20:21.899 starting with the areas that have 20:21.899 --> 20:24.730 normally being neglected and are far 20:24.730 --> 20:28.050 departed from development that are 20:28.060 --> 20:31.680 very much the areas that 20:31.680 --> 20:34.040 expel our people . The departments of 20:34.040 --> 20:36.096 Huehuetenango , alta , Verapaz , key 20:36.096 --> 20:39.760 chains and MARCOS . We 20:40.640 --> 20:42.751 made a representation to Madam , Vice 20:42.751 --> 20:45.580 president about the causes that lead to 20:45.580 --> 20:48.650 migration and it has been determined 20:48.660 --> 20:50.680 that the number of people who are 20:50.680 --> 20:54.460 leading our country arguing security 20:54.470 --> 20:57.600 problems is a very small number people 20:57.610 --> 20:59.970 leave due to lack of opportunities . 20:59.970 --> 21:02.300 And the municipalities and areas of 21:02.310 --> 21:04.750 greater migration coincide with the 21:04.750 --> 21:07.350 areas where the poverty is greater , so 21:07.350 --> 21:10.270 we need to fight poverty . We also 21:10.280 --> 21:12.990 spoke strongly on how to combat 21:12.990 --> 21:16.850 corruption , a topic that is a 21:16.850 --> 21:19.020 matter of concern to both government . 21:19.020 --> 21:22.390 That's something that structurally has 21:22.400 --> 21:24.830 been faced with many barriers to 21:24.830 --> 21:27.140 control in the country . Our commitment 21:27.140 --> 21:29.070 is to improve the capability by 21:29.070 --> 21:31.200 providing financial support to the 21:31.200 --> 21:33.422 public prosecution , as we have already 21:33.422 --> 21:36.020 done to ensure that we have public 21:36.020 --> 21:38.660 prosecution officers in all the 21:38.840 --> 21:41.240 Departments and all the municipalities 21:41.250 --> 21:43.570 of the country . The attorney general 21:43.570 --> 21:45.830 of this country has received these 21:45.840 --> 21:48.740 resources and today we have covered in 21:48.750 --> 21:52.020 all 340 municipalities , which is the 21:52.030 --> 21:55.880 first step to ensure that the judicial 21:55.880 --> 21:59.350 process is strengthened and that 21:59.440 --> 22:02.920 Included identifying the greater needs . 22:02.920 --> 22:05.260 And that is why we have a prosecution 22:05.260 --> 22:08.610 offices in all 340 municipalities . We 22:08.610 --> 22:11.400 spoke at length about the topic of 22:11.410 --> 22:13.600 corruption that comes from drug 22:13.600 --> 22:16.640 trafficking and how important it is for 22:16.640 --> 22:18.820 us to continue to work together in the 22:18.820 --> 22:20.876 fight against the drug trafficking . 22:20.876 --> 22:22.970 Because one of the main causes for 22:22.970 --> 22:25.650 corruption in this country has 22:25.650 --> 22:28.320 historically been drug trafficking . 22:28.330 --> 22:31.070 And if we want to view it that way , 22:31.080 --> 22:34.860 this corruption has reached 22:34.870 --> 22:38.210 many sectors , including society that 22:38.220 --> 22:42.040 uh , many times are the cover for 22:42.040 --> 22:45.390 to prevent us from reaching places 22:45.400 --> 22:47.640 where an aircraft landed , whether 22:47.640 --> 22:49.960 drugs and there's also responds to the 22:49.960 --> 22:53.620 needs of these persons who are 22:53.620 --> 22:55.680 protecting drug traffickers , which 22:55.690 --> 22:57.690 should not happen , but rather they 22:57.690 --> 23:01.610 should have a way to survive , but to 23:01.610 --> 23:04.990 have a surplus of production that they 23:04.990 --> 23:08.810 can sell today . What we need to do 23:08.820 --> 23:11.260 is fight corruption in every sense , 23:11.260 --> 23:13.670 not only in the executive branch where 23:13.670 --> 23:15.760 we already have at the presidential 23:16.340 --> 23:19.100 officer to fight corruption and is 23:19.110 --> 23:22.020 independent , but also fight in the 23:22.020 --> 23:25.690 entire government apparatus from City 23:25.690 --> 23:29.260 Hall's end up . So that through social 23:29.270 --> 23:33.170 uh control , we ensure that 23:33.170 --> 23:36.710 the works have cost what they say , 23:36.720 --> 23:39.300 they have caused them , that the works 23:39.300 --> 23:41.411 have been constructed . Actually , we 23:41.411 --> 23:43.780 have spoken at large with this with 23:43.780 --> 23:47.350 Madam Vice President and we celebrate 23:48.040 --> 23:51.590 that that proposal that we made as we 23:51.590 --> 23:54.420 were elected in our first visit to 23:54.420 --> 23:57.010 Washington , D . C , before president 23:57.010 --> 24:00.650 biden and Madam Harris government took 24:00.650 --> 24:03.830 office . We asked the Secretary of 24:03.840 --> 24:07.270 Justice of the United States that , mhm 24:07.740 --> 24:10.640 we created office that uh to help us to 24:10.640 --> 24:12.640 follow the money . And particularly 24:12.640 --> 24:15.850 asked the United States that the assets 24:15.860 --> 24:18.730 that are seized in the United States , 24:18.730 --> 24:21.380 which are the product of corruption , 24:21.380 --> 24:23.890 drug trafficking and illegal actions in 24:23.890 --> 24:26.780 which are in the United States of 24:26.780 --> 24:29.002 persons who have committed these crimes 24:29.002 --> 24:31.350 in Guatemala have those resources sent 24:31.360 --> 24:34.100 back to Guatemala to be used to further 24:34.100 --> 24:36.720 strengthen criminal prosecution in our 24:36.720 --> 24:37.670 justice system . 24:41.840 --> 24:43.951 Our next question will come from Ed O 24:43.951 --> 24:47.530 keefe from cbs Madam Vice President to 24:47.530 --> 24:49.820 see you . I know corruption has been a 24:49.820 --> 24:52.970 big focus of your work on this issue in 24:52.970 --> 24:55.192 recent months . You talked a little bit 24:55.192 --> 24:56.748 about it . I'm curious more 24:56.748 --> 24:58.692 specifically , do you consider the 24:58.692 --> 25:00.859 governments of el Salvador , Guatemala 25:00.859 --> 25:03.026 Honduras , Mexico or any other in this 25:03.026 --> 25:05.090 region to be corrupt ? And you just 25:05.090 --> 25:07.312 told people in this region , quote , do 25:07.312 --> 25:10.500 not come , do not come . Would it be 25:10.500 --> 25:12.000 fair to perceive the biden 25:12.000 --> 25:13.889 administration's work on stemming 25:13.889 --> 25:16.270 illegal immigration to be a failure if 25:16.280 --> 25:18.560 because they're so desperate , they 25:18.560 --> 25:20.900 still keep coming . And I'm curious as 25:20.900 --> 25:23.760 you stand here in this room , Throw one 25:23.760 --> 25:27.730 More At You . If you could reflect on 25:27.730 --> 25:29.897 the history that you're making today , 25:29.897 --> 25:32.008 you're the first american female vice 25:32.008 --> 25:34.760 president to represent the country 25:35.140 --> 25:37.307 outside the country in a region of the 25:37.307 --> 25:39.362 world where there aren't many senior 25:39.362 --> 25:43.150 female leaders is in your president the 25:43.150 --> 25:46.560 company auto . My colleague asked 25:46.570 --> 25:48.570 what you are saying , 25:48.580 --> 25:52.510 uh they 25:52.510 --> 25:55.030 say that you president of Guatemala are 25:55.030 --> 25:57.086 part of the problem of corruption in 25:57.086 --> 25:59.197 this region . What do you think about 25:59.197 --> 26:03.060 that President ? Dramatic . So 26:03.540 --> 26:06.580 on the issue of corruption ? Uh the 26:06.580 --> 26:09.040 conversation that I had with President 26:09.040 --> 26:11.670 Jean Marc today was very frank . Mhm 26:12.240 --> 26:14.470 and very candid and I think this is a 26:14.470 --> 26:16.470 quality that he and I appreciate in 26:16.470 --> 26:19.170 each other . Mhm . We don't have time 26:19.740 --> 26:23.400 for glossing over concerns that we 26:23.400 --> 26:27.170 have . And so we did have a very frank 26:27.170 --> 26:31.070 conversation about the importance of an 26:31.070 --> 26:34.830 independent judiciary . We had a 26:34.830 --> 26:37.690 conversation about the importance of a 26:37.690 --> 26:41.340 strong civil society . I 26:41.340 --> 26:44.220 expressed concerns about those issues , 26:44.220 --> 26:47.030 including what is the potential here 26:47.040 --> 26:49.040 for tax reform , something like tax 26:49.040 --> 26:51.151 reform , which is very much connected 26:51.151 --> 26:53.484 with a lot of the concerns that we have . 26:53.484 --> 26:55.651 And so we had a candid conversation as 26:55.651 --> 26:58.600 it relates to those concerns . And I do 26:58.600 --> 27:01.040 believe that with the work that we are 27:01.040 --> 27:04.160 doing , some of it , which is new . 27:04.170 --> 27:06.003 There have been many attempts at 27:06.003 --> 27:08.226 collaboration between the United States 27:08.226 --> 27:10.392 and this region of the world over many 27:10.392 --> 27:12.670 years . As you know , some have worked , 27:12.670 --> 27:14.726 some have not . There are aspects of 27:14.726 --> 27:16.892 what we are doing now that are new and 27:16.892 --> 27:19.740 also are based on this new era again , 27:19.740 --> 27:21.796 where there is , I think , a greater 27:21.796 --> 27:23.851 appreciation for the interdependence 27:23.851 --> 27:26.073 and the interconnection . And so we are 27:26.073 --> 27:28.100 creating this task force to address 27:28.100 --> 27:30.720 corruption . We are working on a task 27:30.720 --> 27:32.960 force that is about human smuggling . 27:32.970 --> 27:35.920 Uh , we are doing the work of , of , of 27:35.920 --> 27:39.900 requiring certain , uh , certain 27:39.910 --> 27:42.570 progress be made . Uh , if we are going 27:42.570 --> 27:45.070 to attract us investment , private 27:45.070 --> 27:47.292 investment in this region . And that is 27:47.292 --> 27:49.660 also a new approach , a relatively new 27:49.660 --> 27:51.860 approach , which is to bring together 27:51.860 --> 27:54.300 the private sector , understanding that 27:54.310 --> 27:56.310 the United States government cannot 27:56.310 --> 27:58.199 alone do the kind of work that we 27:58.199 --> 28:00.032 believe we have collectively the 28:00.032 --> 28:02.254 capacity to do so . We have good reason 28:02.254 --> 28:04.366 to believe that we can have an impact 28:04.940 --> 28:07.890 and , um , on and , and in addition , 28:07.900 --> 28:09.789 there was a question about what's 28:09.789 --> 28:12.030 happening in terms of , uh , 28:12.040 --> 28:14.790 immigration as a general matter , Ali 28:14.790 --> 28:16.623 Mayorkas , so of course , is the 28:16.623 --> 28:18.846 Secretary of the Department of Homeland 28:18.846 --> 28:21.080 Security has , um , is going to be 28:21.080 --> 28:24.350 working on through CBP a relationship 28:24.360 --> 28:26.471 with Guatemalan border authorities on 28:26.471 --> 28:28.640 what we have named the mobile Tactical 28:28.640 --> 28:31.310 Interdiction Unit . Again focused on 28:31.310 --> 28:33.730 what needs to happen to put law 28:33.730 --> 28:36.690 enforcement resources as appropriate on 28:36.690 --> 28:38.930 to the issue of what is going on in 28:38.930 --> 28:42.730 terms of really , uh , abusive and , 28:42.730 --> 28:45.280 and , and criminal behaviors among 28:45.280 --> 28:47.447 people who are predatory in nature and 28:47.447 --> 28:50.560 are preying on vulnerable people . At 28:50.560 --> 28:54.240 your final point , I am , I'm honored 28:54.240 --> 28:57.280 to represent my country here in 28:57.280 --> 29:01.260 Guatemala . I am , I am honored 29:01.260 --> 29:03.580 to be here in a nation that has a 29:03.590 --> 29:05.590 history that goes back thousands of 29:05.590 --> 29:07.700 years as I was walking through this 29:07.700 --> 29:10.350 building and appreciating the Mayan art 29:11.540 --> 29:15.170 that adorns the walls . Knowing of the 29:15.170 --> 29:17.392 work that women and girls are doing and 29:17.392 --> 29:19.114 have yet the capacity to do in 29:19.114 --> 29:21.340 Guatemala . And to the extent that I 29:21.340 --> 29:24.720 can have any impact based on my 29:24.720 --> 29:26.970 gender . And the fact that I am the 29:26.970 --> 29:30.130 first , I welcome that I welcome 29:30.140 --> 29:32.850 showing anyone whatever your race or 29:32.850 --> 29:35.940 gender that you may be the first to do 29:35.940 --> 29:37.940 anything . Make sure you're not the 29:37.940 --> 29:40.051 last . And in that way , let's pave a 29:40.051 --> 29:42.273 path where we create an opportunity for 29:42.273 --> 29:44.600 others to become the first in their 29:44.600 --> 29:47.080 family or their community to do those 29:47.080 --> 29:49.302 things that perhaps others didn't think 29:49.302 --> 29:51.247 they were capable of . But God has 29:51.247 --> 29:53.380 given them that capacity to achieve . 29:53.390 --> 29:55.446 And with a little help . They will . 30:04.540 --> 30:07.470 Yeah . Mm more than 30:07.470 --> 30:10.990 information . Uh , the social networks 30:11.000 --> 30:13.660 carry misinformation . I would like to 30:13.670 --> 30:17.020 turn this question back to you . How 30:17.020 --> 30:19.076 many cases of corruption have I been 30:19.076 --> 30:21.340 accused ? I can give you the answer to 30:21.340 --> 30:25.150 that zero . We are in an honest fight 30:25.150 --> 30:27.400 against corruption but corruption 30:27.410 --> 30:30.190 understood as 30:31.240 --> 30:34.800 an action which is multidimensional 30:34.810 --> 30:37.590 corruption is not only of politicians , 30:37.600 --> 30:40.770 corruptions also involves 30:40.780 --> 30:43.680 individuals who obtain money from other 30:43.680 --> 30:47.090 countries to come do things here and we 30:47.090 --> 30:49.740 do not know who sent it to them . And 30:49.740 --> 30:53.470 what it is being used for corruption is 30:53.470 --> 30:56.550 also . And those persons 30:57.140 --> 30:59.810 who when they are stopped by a police 30:59.810 --> 31:02.450 agent , they offer a bribe . 31:03.640 --> 31:07.020 And we have been analyzing ways to 31:07.020 --> 31:10.870 face all of this before we came 31:10.880 --> 31:13.450 to government and that we are now 31:13.450 --> 31:16.600 analyzing it uh with a presidential 31:16.600 --> 31:18.450 commission where there is 31:18.460 --> 31:20.930 accountability where for the first time 31:20.930 --> 31:23.520 in the history of this country , in the 31:23.520 --> 31:26.150 web pages of the Ministry of Finance , 31:26.160 --> 31:29.060 we have pages uh that uh 31:29.540 --> 31:32.670 outline transparency and where you can 31:32.670 --> 31:36.330 see any loan , any kind of money and 31:36.330 --> 31:39.270 it's user , we did away with a secret 31:39.280 --> 31:42.820 trusts . It had been for years a secret 31:42.830 --> 31:45.340 how they were managed that all 31:45.350 --> 31:47.820 information is public to be able to 31:47.820 --> 31:51.450 respond two 31:52.040 --> 31:55.220 people who speak without evidence . 31:55.840 --> 31:57.940 Well , I would spend my whole day 31:57.940 --> 32:00.080 speaking about that because there are 32:00.090 --> 32:03.650 people who make affirmations uh without 32:03.650 --> 32:05.372 evidence and others that speak 32:05.372 --> 32:07.483 negatively without evidence . We know 32:07.483 --> 32:10.170 what we're doing . And I believe that 32:11.640 --> 32:13.820 having reached the understandings that 32:13.820 --> 32:16.470 we reached with Madam Vice President , 32:16.570 --> 32:20.070 show that we have no interest 32:20.080 --> 32:23.980 or desire to hide anything quite the 32:23.980 --> 32:26.390 contrary . The more international 32:26.390 --> 32:28.334 certification there is that we are 32:28.334 --> 32:31.110 doing the right thing . Well , we will 32:31.110 --> 32:34.730 continue to get rid of that narrative , 32:34.740 --> 32:38.200 that very different narrative uh , in 32:38.200 --> 32:40.520 the United States from the narrative 32:40.520 --> 32:42.990 here . And we have to fight that . And 32:42.990 --> 32:46.030 we are going to fight by doing we're 32:46.030 --> 32:48.010 doing we're not going to say we're 32:48.010 --> 32:51.960 going to do building not building 32:52.540 --> 32:55.750 Ideological 20's because hunger has no 32:55.760 --> 32:59.250 ideology because human hunger . Then 32:59.250 --> 33:01.950 development needs more than ideology . 33:01.960 --> 33:04.510 You need effect . We have told the 33:04.510 --> 33:06.530 United States Government that the 33:06.540 --> 33:08.920 Guatemalan government is not interested 33:08.930 --> 33:11.660 in getting one single penny for us , 33:11.670 --> 33:14.200 but we are interested in working in 33:14.200 --> 33:16.930 public policies that transfer those 33:16.930 --> 33:20.060 resources effectively significantly . 33:20.070 --> 33:22.880 And without the cost of an intermediary 33:22.880 --> 33:26.150 to ensure that these uh funds get to 33:26.150 --> 33:28.300 the communities where we can bring 33:28.300 --> 33:30.411 about changes in the way of living in 33:30.411 --> 33:32.930 the way of producing and help them with 33:32.940 --> 33:36.230 our own agencies to seek markets to 33:36.240 --> 33:38.660 help them move ahead regarding 33:40.440 --> 33:43.450 the prosecution . Which , 33:44.240 --> 33:48.030 yes , what your predecessor 33:48.040 --> 33:50.570 asked As I understand to it , there is 33:50.570 --> 33:52.514 a trend in this country . There is 33:52.520 --> 33:55.560 judicial independence . We have not 33:55.570 --> 33:59.440 meddled in the way the public 33:59.440 --> 34:01.370 ministry and the attorney General 34:01.370 --> 34:04.440 Manager their business . That is her 34:04.450 --> 34:07.300 matter . How the Supreme Court of 34:07.310 --> 34:10.320 Justice manages the court system is up 34:10.330 --> 34:13.080 to them . How the executive branch 34:13.090 --> 34:16.940 managers are resources are matter and 34:16.940 --> 34:19.560 we are doing that with accountability 34:19.560 --> 34:21.782 and by opening our doors to ensure that 34:21.782 --> 34:24.780 people can see what we're spending the 34:24.780 --> 34:28.330 money on . There's a page called sneak 34:28.340 --> 34:31.920 D . T . Go there and you will find more 34:31.920 --> 34:34.640 than 3500 works that are in 34:34.640 --> 34:37.060 construction at this time . That tells 34:37.060 --> 34:39.830 you who was awarded the work . So what 34:39.830 --> 34:42.360 is the degree of financial progress 34:42.360 --> 34:44.416 that the degree of physical progress 34:44.416 --> 34:47.080 and anyone can go and look at the 34:47.090 --> 34:49.510 pictures to see that they actually 34:49.510 --> 34:52.430 belong to that work . And we can 34:52.440 --> 34:55.540 through social audit get rid of the 34:55.540 --> 34:58.410 mindset that politicians have to be 34:58.420 --> 35:00.142 corrupt just because there are 35:00.142 --> 35:02.253 politicians . It's not necessarily so 35:02.253 --> 35:04.380 and proof of that is that we are 35:04.380 --> 35:07.970 working very hard to take cases that we 35:07.970 --> 35:11.030 detect in the executive branch to the 35:11.030 --> 35:14.920 court system for prosecution . One last 35:14.920 --> 35:18.050 question by juan Pablo garrido from 35:18.060 --> 35:21.230 notice yet . Thank you . Good afternoon . 35:21.240 --> 35:23.900 President Jammeh T . Would like to know 35:23.910 --> 35:25.743 whether in the framework of this 35:25.743 --> 35:27.910 bilateral meeting , you took advantage 35:27.910 --> 35:30.450 of the opportunity to request a TPS 35:30.460 --> 35:33.050 from the US and Vice President Harris . 35:33.140 --> 35:35.870 I would like to hear what might be the 35:35.880 --> 35:38.750 position of your government today . 35:39.640 --> 35:43.070 Very wild . We got in the T . P . S . 35:43.080 --> 35:46.660 Uh we reiterated our request to Madam 35:46.660 --> 35:49.250 Vice President particularly in view of 35:49.260 --> 35:52.390 the effects of ETa iota and volcano 35:52.390 --> 35:56.190 eruptions last year . And we need them 35:56.200 --> 35:59.840 to help us to uh 35:59.850 --> 36:03.740 stop deportation for some time . And we 36:03.740 --> 36:06.110 yes we asked the U . S . Government for 36:06.110 --> 36:08.332 a . T . P . S . So that we can begin to 36:08.332 --> 36:10.530 focus on development but also by 36:10.530 --> 36:14.310 helping migrants uh in the United 36:14.310 --> 36:16.310 States , our migrants in the United 36:16.310 --> 36:18.910 States not only to make money and send 36:18.910 --> 36:21.940 that but also to give them 36:21.950 --> 36:25.300 financial literacy so that they can 36:25.300 --> 36:29.200 establish and uh grow companies and 36:29.200 --> 36:31.311 enterprises here in Guatemala so that 36:31.311 --> 36:33.620 they can come back to this country to 36:33.630 --> 36:35.797 create opportunities with what we have 36:35.797 --> 36:38.250 learned abroad , Madam . 36:39.530 --> 36:42.350 one of the areas of focus for us is 36:43.530 --> 36:47.390 the issue of hunger , hurricanes 36:47.400 --> 36:50.800 pandemic and what these acute factors 36:50.810 --> 36:54.080 have caused in terms of the reason 36:54.090 --> 36:56.660 for the migration that we are seeing 36:57.130 --> 37:00.090 and when we look at then the capacity 37:00.090 --> 37:02.370 that we have to give support for people 37:02.370 --> 37:05.010 to be able to stay . We look at as an 37:05.010 --> 37:07.177 example what I mentioned earlier , the 37:07.177 --> 37:09.400 Young Women's Empowerment Initiative , 37:09.410 --> 37:11.680 in fact Samantha Power , who is the new 37:11.680 --> 37:14.720 head of us , id is putting a lot of 37:14.720 --> 37:17.030 attention into the capacity we have to 37:17.030 --> 37:20.170 support the indigenous community here . 37:20.180 --> 37:22.770 It's a big area focus for me , given 37:22.770 --> 37:24.881 the fact and I talked about this with 37:24.881 --> 37:26.937 the president that we see that there 37:26.937 --> 37:29.103 are a lot of people from those regions 37:29.103 --> 37:31.103 of Guatemala that are leaving , not 37:31.103 --> 37:33.326 because they want to , but because they 37:33.326 --> 37:35.437 have no resources . So this is uh the 37:35.437 --> 37:37.659 predominant approach that we are taking 37:37.659 --> 37:39.881 which is to look at the root causes and 37:39.881 --> 37:41.826 the acute causes and and deal with 37:41.826 --> 37:45.030 those in a productive way . Um and many 37:45.030 --> 37:47.308 of our initiatives , as I said earlier , 37:47.308 --> 37:49.460 our new initiatives , these are um 37:49.470 --> 37:51.692 efforts that have not been tried in the 37:51.692 --> 37:53.803 past , which we believe will be quite 37:53.803 --> 37:56.026 productive again when we approach it in 37:56.026 --> 37:58.230 a collaborative way . Um not only from 37:58.230 --> 38:00.452 the U . S . Government's perspective of 38:00.452 --> 38:02.452 an all of government approach , but 38:02.452 --> 38:04.286 bringing in the private sector , 38:04.286 --> 38:06.452 bringing in philanthropy , uh bringing 38:06.452 --> 38:08.674 in civil society both here in Guatemala 38:08.680 --> 38:10.069 and around the world and 38:10.069 --> 38:12.069 internationalizing our effort . For 38:12.069 --> 38:14.236 example , I have talked with the Prime 38:14.236 --> 38:16.458 minister of Japan , the leader of South 38:16.458 --> 38:18.970 Korea , who have all agreed to join us 38:19.030 --> 38:21.141 in our focus on Guatemala and that is 38:21.141 --> 38:23.363 the the way that we are approaching our 38:23.363 --> 38:27.030 work honor 38:27.040 --> 38:29.590 as president of Guatemala , Alejandro 38:29.590 --> 38:33.410 Giamatti leaves and Madam Kamala Harris , 38:33.420 --> 38:35.610 Vice president of the United States of 38:35.610 --> 38:38.940 America . Yeah . 38:39.920 --> 38:40.150 Mhm .