Rubio launches Latin America tour to cement US influence
- On Tuesday, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Colombia for the first leg of a tour across Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to discuss "enhanced cooperation in the shared fight against narcoterrorism."
- This tour follows a string of right-wing electoral victories across Latin America, aligning with the "Donroe Doctrine" of U.S. hegemony spelled out in the National Security Strategy, which Rubio, himself of Cuban heritage, helped architect.
- In Barranquilla, Rubio will discuss reconstruction after an August 10 earthquake that killed more than 330 people, with Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella requesting U.S. assistance and customs duty suspensions to support recovery efforts.
- Colombia has joined the "Shield of the Americas," Trump's coalition to combat regional drug trafficking, while the Trump administration has killed at least 227 people in the past year in strikes on what it alleges are drug boats.
- Rubio concludes his tour by visiting Ecuador to meet President Daniel Noboa and Peru to meet President Keiko Fujimori, days after the United States secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela's oil reserves.
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This military coalition, bringing together some 20 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean, was formed last March. Second country producing cocaine behind Colombia, Peru saw the number of homicides multiplied by 2.6 between 2018 and 2025. - What is the "Bouclier of the Americas", this anti-drug alliance that Peru has officially joined? (International).
Rubio embarks on Latin America tour | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
BARRANQUILLA, Colombia -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio began a three-nation tour of Latin America on Tuesday, visiting U.S.-aligned conservative leaders as the Trump administration steps up military operations to combat drug trafficking and seeks further inroads in the Western Hemisphere aimed at improving America's energy standing and combating illegal migration.
Marco Rubio said an energetic discussion was underway with Bogotá over military cooperation. Since taking office after his June victory, President Abelardo de la Espriella has developed military ties with Washington and intensified operations against drug trafficking groups, saying that the two countries were resuming a historic partnership.
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