Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales took the opportunity of a Facebook Live interview with the Spanish-language edition of The New York Times to mock Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s proposal for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.

“To the gentleman who wishes to build that wall, I offer cheap labor,” the former television comedian said in the interview posted Tuesday.

“We have good workers and with great pleasure we will build it for you – just tell us the dimensions and we can do it,” Morales, currently in New York for a U.N. drugs summit, joked.

During the interview and on a more serious note, the Guatemalan president considered it “essential” that the next U.S. president think about an immigration reform that will allow the millions of people without papers already living in the country to legalize their status.

“We believe it is indeed necessary to think about immigration reform by which the many undocumented immigrants in the country can legalize their situation, which will also create economic benefits because those same people will contribute more and pay more taxes,” Morales said.

 

 

Clinton, Trump Extend Leads Over Rivals with Big Win in New York Primaries

Billionaire Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won Tuesday’s presidential primaries in the northeastern U.S. state of New York, extending their leads over rivals trying to earn the Republican and Democratic nominations.

With the bulk of the votes counted, Trump had a huge win with about 60 percent compared to 25 percent for Ohio Governor John Kasich and 15 percent for Texas Senator Ted Cruz.  Clinton was beating Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders 57 percent to 42 percent.

The candidates are trying to amass a majority of convention delegates in order to clinch their party nominations for the November general election.

Trump earned almost all of New York’s 95 delegates for the Republicans, putting him at 845 delegates after Tuesday’s vote. Cruz remained at 559 delegates, while Kasich gained a few to reach 147. A Republican needs 1,237 to be nominated, a level Trump may not be able to reach before the party’s July convention.

The Republican front-runner thanked his supporters and continued to cast himself as the only GOP candidate with enough support to win the nomination.

“We don’t have much of a race anymore, based on what I’m seeing on television, Senator Cruz is just about mathematically eliminated,” Trump said.

Trump also hinted at his continued criticism of the delegate selection process, saying “It’s really nice to win the delegates with the votes.”

Reporting by VOA and EFE.  Editing by The Costa Rica Star (TRW).