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Rubio to Visit Ecuador, Colombia and Peru on Latin America Trip
The three-day visit will focus on earthquake relief, drug trafficking cooperation and trade as Rubio meets newly elected leaders in all three countries.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Latin America next week, visiting Ecuador and meeting newly elected presidents in Colombia and Peru in his first trips to those countries as America's top diplomat.
- In recent months, Latin America has seen a wave of conservative success at the ballot box, with Peru's Keiko Fujimori and Colombia's Abelardo de la Espriella taking office. Rubio has called this regional shift towards pro-U.S. leadership an "extraordinary achievement."
- Addressing regional security, Rubio will discuss U.S. support for Bogota's response to an earthquake last month that killed about 300 people and efforts to battle drug cartels. The State Department said the trip aims to "strengthen key US partnerships."
- Colombia recently joined the "Shield of the Americas," President Donald Trump's anti-cartel alliance including Argentina, Ecuador, and El Salvador. Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said the Secretary will reaffirm the Trump Administration's commitment to a "secure, prosperous, and democratic Western Hemisphere."
- Washington intends to assert U.S. dominance in South America under the so-called "Donroe Doctrine," Trump's update of the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine. This strategy seeks to replace European influence and secure regional stability as the United States deepens economic ties.
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The head of American diplomacy Marco Rubio is expected on Tuesday in Colombia, the first stage of a tour in Latin America.
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Barranquilla (Colombia), 8 Sep (EFE).- The Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, arrived this Tuesday in the Caribbean city of Barranquilla (north of Colombia) to meet with the president of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, with whom he will dialogue on security, trade and regional cooperation. Rubio landed at Ernesto Cortissoz airport in the municipality of Soledad, which serves Barranquilla, at 13:02 local time (18:02 GMT) to…
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