{"id":554837,"date":"2021-06-06T23:06:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T03:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=554837"},"modified":"2021-06-06T23:06:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T03:06:04","slug":"harris-departs-for-guatemala-returns-then-departs-on-another-plane-after-technical-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-departs-for-guatemala-returns-then-departs-on-another-plane-after-technical-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris Departs For Guatemala, Returns, Then Departs On Another Plane After Technical Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-departs-for-guatemala-returns-then-departs-on-another-plane-after-technical-problem%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=554837&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Getty-Images.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Less than an hour after departing for Central America, Vice President Kamala Harris returned to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland for an unexpected landing after a technical problem beset Air Force Two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Symone Sanders, senior advisor and chief spokesperson for the vice president, said the quick return back to Maryland was in response to a landing gear malfunction, reports <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/06\/06\/kamala-harris-flight-guatemala-492017\"><span>POLITICO<\/span><\/a><span>, citing a pool report. Sanders said there were no immediate safety concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhile there was no immediate safety issue, out of an abundance of caution, they returned to Joint Base Andrews, where they have all the parts and mechanics they need to fix the issue,\u201d said Sanders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Associated Press <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-and-politics-da90ee6c8e2f6eccd7228faad7a137db\"><span>reports<\/span><\/a><span> that, after landing, Harris gave two thumbs up on the tarmac, before transitioning to a different plane. \u201cI\u2019m good, I\u2019m good. We all said a little prayer, but we\u2019re good,\u201d said Harris, who was traveling to Guatemala and Mexico as part of her effort to address the so-called root causes of the migration crisis affecting the U.S. border.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.1413043478261\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Take two: VP Harris boards a replacement plane for the trip to Guatemala after her first plane had technical issue <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/foOIcSXJPT\">pic.twitter.com\/foOIcSXJPT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeneps\/status\/1401636627534028808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/vice-president-plane-return-guatemala-mexico-ab98ff30-cf79-44ac-bed4-524396dfed5c.html\"><span>Axios<\/span><\/a><span>, Harris was greeted by the Guatemalan foreign affairs minister and the U.S. ambassador to Guatemala.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.3620689655172\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VP Harris and Guatemalan Foreign Minister Brolo walked down this red carpet toward her car. As the got to the corner of the two carpets, they saluted one another. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QBsN2YjQJ2\">pic.twitter.com\/QBsN2YjQJ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeneps\/status\/1401701660498464771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The visit serves as the first time Harris has traveled to Central America on behalf of the administration, and comes after President Joe Biden tapped her to focus on the root causes of the migration crisis \u2014 which has fueled the border crisis that the administration has resisted calling a crisis. When Biden assigned the role to Harris in March, the vice president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kamalas-aides-panic-after-biden-assigned-her-to-solve-border-challenge-report\">aides reportedly appeared panicked<\/a>, partly out of fear the assignment would be misconstrued, and partly out of fear the assignment was politically damaging, CNN reported earlier this month, citing a White House official.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Harris nor Biden have visited the U.S. border since assuming office.<\/p>\n<p>The Guatemala trip, however, will serve as an opportunity for Harris to come \u201cbearing gifts\u201d for the region, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/kamala-harris-border-migration-guatemala-mexico\/2021\/06\/04\/bf5f94bc-c4a1-11eb-8c34-f8095f2dc445_story.html\">reports<\/a> The Washington Post. These \u201cgifts\u201d include coronavirus vaccines, a long-term economic investment plan of $4 billion, and $310 million in humanitarian aid and to address food insecurity. The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/04\/26\/fact-sheet-urgent-relief-to-central-america\/\">announced<\/a> the $310 million in relief back in April.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/06\/world\/americas\/central-america-migration-kamala-harris.html\">The New York Times<\/a>, Guatemala has received over $1.6 billion in U.S. foreign aid over the last decade, but migration remains an issue. Part of the reason is that a lot of the aid ends up going to overhead for programs or companies, but another part is that the programs themselves haven\u2019t been useful to people living in the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"27\">\n<p><em><span>One, called the Rural Value Chains Project, spent part of its $20 million in American aid building outhouses for potato farmers \u2014 many of which were quickly abandoned or torn apart for scrap metal.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>\u201cThis brings no value to people,\u201d said Arturo Cabrera, a local government official, peeking into an unused outhouse. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t generate income,\u201d which is what people ultimately need, he added.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>One achievement touted by Nexos Locales, a $31 million project administered by Development Alternatives Incorporated, a company based in Bethesda, Md., was creating an app to enable residents to see how their local government spent money. Aid workers said that many residents didn\u2019t have smartphones, and that they couldn\u2019t afford to pay for the data to use the app even if they did.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a><\/span><\/i><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than an hour after departing for Central America, Vice President Kamala Harris returned to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland for an unexpected landing after a technical problem beset Air &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279402,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Getty-Images.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Harris Departs For Guatemala, Returns, Then Departs On Another Plane After Technical Problem","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-554837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Getty-Images.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Harris Departs For Guatemala, Returns, Then Departs On Another Plane After Technical Problem","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}