Mexico to announce work visa program for Central Americans


  • World
  • Tuesday, 23 May 2023

FILE PHOTO: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a news conference at the Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection in Mexico City, Mexico March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will present a program this week to give Central Americans temporary visas to work on public infrastructure projects, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday.

Such projects require more people such as welders, iron-workers and engineers, Lopez Obrador told his regular daily news conference.

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