“What’s past is prologue” – William Shakespeare, The Tempest
In order to understand what led to the migrant crisis in the Northern Triangle and Mexico, it is important to trace back certain events, foreign policy reform and multinational companies’ intervention in their countries. The analysis in the Northern Triangle starts with the United Fruit Company importing bananas, the Cold War and subsequent U.S. foreign policy established after Ronald Reagan’s presidency. While the analysis about Mexico starts from the Mexican-American War, the World Wars leading up to the War on Drugs.
