When the new American state secretary Marco Rubio arrived in Latin America this weekend, to his first trip abroad from his inauguration, he will find a region that suffered from the diplomatic approach of the new government.
At the beginning of Donald Trump’s second mandate, the new president strengthened his intention to recover the Panama channel, irritated Brazil by deporting handcuffed migrants and briefly imposed sanctions and crushed rates in Colombia due to an impasse on flights of deportation.
Rubio’s first stage will be Panama City, since the Trump government returns Washington’s attention to Latin America, with the aim of fighting China’s already wide influence in the region and containing migration.
Rubio, the first Latin Secretary of State, has already indicated that the State Department will be essential to help Trump to create his policy of “containing mass migration”, and the topic will be the center of attention while going to El Salvador , Costa Rica, Guatemala and Dominican Republic.
The Trump government intensified deportations, sending migrants to military planes to countries of the region, including Guatemala. Flights caused a short blind end with Colombia on Sunday, after President Gustavo Petro refused to allow two planes to land, before agreeing to send planes from his country to bring the deportees.
Kevin Whitaker, ex Baixador USA in Colombia, said that the immediate imposition of Tarump rates, as well as rarely used visa penalties and restrictions against Colombia, an long -standing ally of the United States, reported to the countries of the region with Serious with this the Trump government is guiding the problem of migration.
“The message sent is what the Trump government is willing to use these tools,” said Whitaker, now at the Tank Tank Atlantic Council, in relation to journalists.
Trump has indicated that he wants to reaffirm the United States domain on the western hemisphere, stating that Washington must also control Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark – an aspiration firmly rejected by the Danish authorities and Greenland – together with their threats on the channel of Panama.
Rubio, son of Cuban immigrants and a fluent Spanish speaker, defends an aggressive approach against Cuba and Venezuela.
During the first term of Trump, it was a driving force behind the reversal of the historic ravying of the predecessor Barack Obama with Cuba and played an important role in the processing of a “maximum pressure” campaign against Venezuela, including penalties to Sector of power.
“Our diplomatic relations with other countries, especially in the western hemisphere, will give priority to the safety of US borders, at the end of illegal and destabilizing migration and the negotiation of the repatriation of illegal immigration”, said Rubio in a note that defines the his priorities.
Rubio can use his journey to promote agreements so called “third countries”, in which countries accept citizens of other countries reported in the United States, as well as facilitating the road to multiple deportation flights that report immigrants to their countries, say experts .
Cuba and Venezuela have cold relations with the United States and have significantly limited the number of deportas that are willing to accept, so the Trump government will probably have to find other countries to accept them – perhaps some in the rubo itinerary.
Rubio’s conversations with Panama will occur in the shade of Trump’s threats. During his inauguration, the president promised that the United States will resume the Panama channel, but did not provide more details on when or as he intends to recover the channel, which is the sovereign territory of a nearby partner.
Critics have accused Trump of modern imperialism in their threats for the channel and Greenland, suggesting that this rhetoric could encourage Russia in his war in Ukraine and justify China if he decides to invade Taiwan.
In recent years, China has acquired economic and diplomatic influence in Central America, where countries like Panama have stopped recognizing Taiwan, aligning with Beijing’s opinion that the island is a Chinese territory.
Source: Terra
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