Honduras 'unpleasantly surprised' by Trump aid threat

Honduras said today it was "unpleasantly surprised" by a tweeted threat US President Donald Trump made about suspending aid to the poor country over a "caravan" of Central American migrants headed to the US border.

"We are unpleasantly surprised by this allusion to our country. We reject it utterly because it is not certain that there is a caravan of Hondurans," the minister in charge of cabinet executive affairs, Ebal Diaz, said in a statement sent to AFP.

Trump on Monday tweeted that "Honduras, Mexico and many other countries that the US is very generous to, sends many of their people to our country through our WEAK IMMIGRATION POLICIES. Caravans are heading here. Must pass tough laws and build the WALL."
He followed up today with another tweet reading: "The big Caravan of People from Honduras, now coming across Mexico and heading to our 'Weak Laws' Border, had better be stopped before it gets there. Cash cow NAFTA is in play, as is foreign aid to Honduras and the countries that allow this to happen. Congress MUST ACT NOW!"
Diaz accused Trump of using Honduras "to pressure the (US) Congress to approve reforms on migration law."