Rubio launches Latin America tour to cement US influence
Rubio will seek deeper security, trade and energy ties as the Trump administration expands military pressure on drug boats, with at least 227 killed in strikes, officials said.
- 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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Washington joined a new ally in the region with the recent coming to power of Colombian Abelardo de la Espriella, a Trump admirer with a hard-handed speech against crime.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio Briefs the Media Pool Traveling to Latin America
Earlier today Secretary Rubio briefed the media pool from Homestead Air Reserve Base [😁] as he prepared for a trip to Latin America. For the specific purpose and intents of the trip, Secretary Rubio directed the media attention to the Western Hemisphere approach outlined in the 2026 National Security Strategy [See Page, 15]. The video […]
Washington, Sept. 8 (EFE).- Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that his tour of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru takes place at a time of growing ideological alignment between Washington and Latin America, and that he hopes that the trip will stop "solid trade agreements." "We hope to close solid and beneficial trade agreements with the three countries [...] The Marco Rubio entry begins a visit to U.S. allies in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru was…
El Periódico
The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, begins in Colombia a regional tour that includes Ecuador and Peru. What the three countries have in common is their status as allies of the Donald Trump administration. But it is the first of them that promises from this visit to become one of the great strategic partners of Washington. The ultra-right Abelardo de la Espriella has fulfilled a little more than a month in the presidency and has already given cl…
Santa Maria Times
Independent EspañolMIAMI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio began a tour of three Latin American countries on Tuesday in which he will visit conservative leaders aligned with Washington, while President Donald Trump's government...
The visit of the U.S. Secretary of State puts security, trade and military cooperation at the center of the relationship
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