translated from Spanish: Fox News: the apology from the program Fox & Friends for calling “3 countries Mexican” El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras

It seemed either one broadcast of Fox News, favorite TV channel’s Chairman Donald Trump.
The weekend Fox & Friends morning program, said the recent announcement by the President to cut economic aid from the United States to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador as a force against illegal immigrants from those countries who travel to United States.
Ed Henry, the presenter of the emission, also highlighted the threat of Trump close the border with Mexico and ensured that the President showed that he wanted to put pressure on that country to stop the passage of the Central American.
But while the presenters spoke of cuts payments, border, illegal immigration and mentioned to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, a headpiece with comments under the display summed up the theme of the news.
“Trump cuts us aid 3 Mexican countries,” he said.
The headband became viral on social networks and also the reviews, jokes, comments and taunts.
Shortly after, Henry had no other that apologize.
“We want to clarify and correct something that happened earlier in the program” said.
“We had an inaccurate chart on the screen as we speak of this same story. We just want to be clear, the funding is being cut to three Central American countries. We apologize for the error,”he added.
But it was too late: Twitter boiling comments.
The reactions the error was uncovered by Bad Fox Graphics, a Twitter account that collects errors in the headpieces of the chain.
‘They are stupid in @foxandfriends?’, said one of the Tweets, then showing a map of Central and North America where there were only Mexico and United States and said that this was North America according to Fox News.

The Democratic strategist Zac Petkanas said that what happened not only was stupid, but one evidence more than racism that extends by the television network.
Meanwhile, Adam Serwer, a journalist for The Atlantic felt that it was more than a mistake, an expression of the underlying feeling of Fox News to the majority of latinos.
The famous Spanish chef José Andres, on the other hand, questioned the topics that exist on Mexico within some sectors of American society.
“We love Mexico… even those who are loaded with hatred as @FoxNews love Mexico sometimes. We love Mexico so that all countries are Mexican… but remember that we are not rapists, we are people with pride, ethics, are immigrants from everywhere that make United States forward. We are Mexicans,”he wrote.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saw what happened as “just a reminder that these are the same people who claim their superiority to disparage the intelligence and good faith of others”.
What was the news that commented on Fox?
Last Friday, Trump threatened to close the border with Mexico if they do not prevent the arrival of migrants and, at the same time, it announced that it had given instructions to cut aid to the countries of the North triangle, the largest source of undocumented migrants to the USA
For decades, Washington sends aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, which is distributed by USAID and other agencies in social and economic projects.
Monetary support sought, according to US authorities, to stabilize the social and political environments and economies of these Nations, and help put an end to the violence and corruption so that people don’t see are forced to migrate.
Trump also threatened to close the border with Mexico.the most immigrants from these countries allege fleeing violence, insecurity and the lack of opportunities in their Nations, which are among the poorest in the region.
Under the current Government, the White House had already drastically reduced aid to the three Central American countries.
In 2016, United States provided approximately US$ 131,2 million in aid to Guatemala, $98.3 million to Honduras and $67.9 million to El Salvador, according to official data.
But for 2019, it was projected that those amounts would be reduced to $69.4 million for Guatemala, $65.8 million for Honduras and $45.7 million to El Salvador.
Together, they amount to a reduction of almost 40% for the three Nations.

Original source in Spanish