Vice President Kamala Harris says the Biden administration's work to attract investment to Central America has generated $3.2 billion in private-sector commitments.
Vice President Kamala Harris says the Biden administration's work to attract investment to Central America has generated $3.2 billion in private-sector commitments.
Vice President Kamala Harris says the Biden administration's work to attract investment to Central America has generated $3.2 billion in private-sector commitments.
Guatemala has hired for US$900,000 a major supporter of former US president Donald Trump to seek influence with US officials in an unusual lobbying contract paid for by its ally Taiwan, foreign lobby records show.
Ballard Partners on Thursday registered as a foreign agent with the US Department of Justice, filings made public over the weekend showed.
The contract, dated Wednesday last week, was signed by Guatemalan Ambassador to the US Alfonso Quinonez and Brian Ballard, president of the lobbying firm and a longtime Trump ally.
It is not clear how hiring Ballard, who years before Trump ran for the White House worked