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The two share the feat of being female firsts -Castro the Central American country's first woman president, Harris first female, first Black and first Asian-American US vice president.

Harris, who has been tasked by President Joe Biden to lead U.S. policy in Central America's impoverished northern triangle of countries, arrived in the Honduran capital on Thursday morning.

During her meeting with Castro, Harris will discuss economic opportunity, the fight against corruption and managing migration, U.S. officials said.

Castro, who describes herself as a democratic socialist, has vowed to tackle corruption, poverty and violence, chronic problems that have helped fuel waves of migrants to the United States.