The United States cuts $US700 million in aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras after US President Donald Trump blasts the Central American countries over migration and threatens to shut the US-Mexico border.
But the process so far has been slow-going, and such a sizeable increase may be difficult to achieve.
The department said it would"engage Congress in the process," an apparent acknowledgement that it will need lawmakers' approval to end funding that a Congressional aide estimated would total about $US700 million. The Honduran Foreign Ministry called the US policies"contradictory" but stressed that its relationship with the US was"solid, close and positive".
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