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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
By Grinne N. Aodha

Irish aid for Guatemala more vital after Trump’s cuts, says charity

Women from the La Paz community in central Guatemala cross a bridge built to get them across the river. (Brian Lawless/PA) -

Donald Trump’s cuts to US development funds in climate-struck Guatemala make aid from the island of Ireland more vital, an Irish charity has said.

The funding cuts would “skew the playing field even further” and threaten the work of local partners helping with humanitarian projects, aid workers said.

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