Washington– Minister of State Marco Rubio He will travel to the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis this week to reassert the Trump administration’s interests in the Western Hemisphere just one month after the US military operation that Impeachment of then Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Of power.
With the eyes of many countries of the world towards the American military buildup in the Middle East and the eyes of President Donald Trump Threats to attack IranThe US State Department said Rubio will make a one-day visit to St. Kitts on Wednesday to participate in the Caribbean Community leaders summit.
Rubio has long advocated a greater U.S. role in the Western Hemisphere and aims to keep it a focus even as the Trump administration now shifts Republican. A top priority in its foreign policy To Iran, around which US forces are now concentrated in larger numbers than in the run-up to the January 3 Venezuela operation that captured and ousted Maduro.
It was Maduro The accused in an American court Working with drug gangs to facilitate drug shipments Thousands of tons of cocaine to the United States and pleaded not guilty.
Trump’s action against Maduro, coupled with an increasingly aggressive stance aimed at cracking down on drug trafficking and illegal immigration, has proven a source of concern for many in the region although they have also received support from some smaller countries.
Trump, Rubio and others have likened the administration’s hemispheric strategy to the Monroe Doctrine, with its rejection of outside influences and its emphasis on US primacy in what they see as “America’s backyard.”
Trump has said his ouster of Maduro, military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking ships in the Caribbean, seizure of sanctioned oil tankers, and a tightening of the embargo on Cuba are key parts of Trump’s corollary to a 19th-century policy he refers to as the “Donroe Doctrine.”
In several collective and bilateral meetings at the CARICOM, Rubio intends to discuss ways to enhance regional security and stability, trade, and economic growth, the State Department said in a statement on Monday.
“During his visit, the Secretary will reaffirm the United States’ commitment to working with CARICOM member states to promote stability and prosperity in the Western Hemisphere,” the statement said.